Evidence-based clinical standard for the diagnosis and treatment of candidemia in critically ill patients in the intensive care unit.

• Tác giả: Carlos Arturo Álvarez-Moreno, Arnaldo Lopes Colombo, Patricia Cornejo-Juárez, Jorge Alberto Cortés, Dora E Corzo-León, Luis E Cuéllar, Cándida Diaz-Brochero, Carmelo José Espinosa-Almanza, Jorge L Finquelievich, Augusto Raúl Hernández, Moacyr Silva Júnior, Laura Cristina Nocua-Báez, Marcio Nucci, Paula M Peçanha-Pietrobom, Flavio Queiroz-Telles, Ricardo Rabagliati, Fernando Riera, Rafael Ricardo Robles-Torres, Rita Rojas-Fermín, Martha Carolina Valderrama-Rios, Jeannete Zurita
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Thông tin xuất bản: Brazil : The Brazilian journal of infectious diseases : an official publication of the Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases , 2025
• Bộ sưu tập: NCBI
• ID: 621178

Tóm tắt

Candidemia is the predominant form of invasive candidiasis and the most frequently occurring serious fungal infection in critically ill patients in Intensive Care Units (ICU). Studies carried out in Latin America reveal a higher incidence of candidemia and higher mortality rates when compared to North America or Europe. This highlights the need to develop guidelines for correctly diagnosing and treating candidemia in critically ill patients in the ICU. These guidelines are part of the efforts to implement antifungal optimization programs in the region to obtain better clinical outcomes and promote rational antifungal use. This evidence-based clinical standard, established through expert consensus for the Latin American context, contains recommendations and algorithms for diagnosing and treating candidemia in critically ill ICU patients.