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Invasive candidiasis in critical care setting, updated recommendations from "Invasive Fungal Infections-Clinical Forum", Iran.

Abstract
Invasive candidiasis (IC) bears a high risk of morbidity and mortality in the intensive care units (ICU). With the current advances in critical care and the use of wide-spectrum antibiotics, invasive fungal infections (IFIs) and IC in particular, have turned into a growing concern in the ICU. Further to blood cultures, some auxiliary laboratory tests and biomarkers are developed to enable an earlier detection of infection, however these test are neither consistently available nor validated in our setting. On the other hand, patients' clinical status and local epidemiology data may justify the empiric antifungal approach using the proper antifungal option. The clinical approach to the management of IC in febrile, non-neutropenic critically ill patients has been defined in available international guidelines; nevertheless such recommendations need to be customized when applied to our local practice. Over the past three years, Iranian experts from intensive care and infectious diseases disciplines have tried to draw a consensus on the management of IFI with a particular focus on IC in the ICU. The established IFI-clinical forum (IFI-CF), comprising the scientific leaders in the field, has recently come up with and updated recommendation on the same (June 2014). The purpose of this review is to put together literature insights and Iranian experts' opinion at the IFI-CF, to propose an updated practical overview on recommended approaches for the management of IC in the ICU.
AuthorsAshraf Elhoufi, Arezoo Ahmadi, Amir Mohammad Hashem Asnaashari, Mohammad Ali Davarpanah, Behrooz Farzanegan Bidgoli, Omid Moradi Moghaddam, Mohammad Torabi-Nami, Saeed Abbasi, Malak El-Sobky, Ali Ghaziani, Mohammad Hossein Jarrahzadeh, Reza Shahrami, Farzad Shirazian, Farhad Soltani, Homeira Yazdinejad, Farid Zand
JournalWorld journal of critical care medicine (World J Crit Care Med) Vol. 3 Issue 4 Pg. 102-12 (Nov 04 2014) ISSN: 2220-3141 [Print] United States
PMID25374806 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Review)

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