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Invasive Candidiasis by Bart Jan Kullberg; Maiken C. Arendrup is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Invasive Candidiasis about?
nvasive candidiasis is the most common fungal disease among hospitalized patients in the developed world. Invasive candidiasis comprises both candidemia and deep-seated tissue candidiasis. Candidemia is generally viewed as the more common type of the disease, and it accounts for the majority of cases included in clinical trials. Deep-seated candidiasis arises from either hematogenous dissemination or direct inoculation of candida species to a sterile site, such as the peritoneal cavity (Fig. ). Mortality among patients with invasive candidiasis is as high as 40%, even when patients receive antifungal therapy. In addition, the global shift in favor of nonalbicans candida species is troubling, as is the emerging resistance to antifungal drugs. During the past few years, new insights have substantially changed diagnostic and therapeutic strategies. Epidemiol ogy According to conservative estimates, invasive candidiasis affects more than 250,000 people worldwide every year and is the cause of more than 50,000 deaths. Incidence rates of candidemia have been reported to be between 2 and 14 cases per 100,000 persons in population-based studies. Candidemia has often been cited as the fourt
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- Author
- Bart Jan Kullberg; Maiken C. Arendrup
- Published
- 2015
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)