Assessment of preemptive treatment to prevent severe candidiasis in critically ill surgical patients(*)

Renaud Piarroux (1) , Frédéric Grenouillet (1, 2) , Patrick Balvay , Véronique Tran , Gilles Blasco , Laurence Millon (1, 2) , Annie Boillot

1 Service de parasitologie et mycologie [CHRU de Besançon]
2 LCE - Laboratoire Chrono-environnement (UMR 6249)

To assess the efficacy of a preemptive antifungal therapy in preventing proven candidiasis in critically ill surgical patients.

Surgical intensive care unit (SICU) in a university-affiliated hospital.

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]; Ecology, environment; Health

Renaud Piarroux, Frédéric Grenouillet, Patrick Balvay, Véronique Tran, Gilles Blasco, et al.. Assessment of preemptive treatment to prevent severe candidiasis in critically ill surgical patients(*). Critical Care Medicine, 2004, 32 (12), pp.2443-2449. ⟨10.1097/01.ccm.0000147726.62304.7f⟩. ⟨hal-03534625⟩