Antifungal use influences Candida species distribution and susceptibility in the intensive care unit
Author(s) -
PierreEdouard Fournier,
Carole Schwebel,
Danièle Maubon,
Aurélien Vésin,
B. Lebeau,
L. Foroni,
Rébecca Hamidfar-Roy,
Muriel Cornet,
JeanFrançois Timsit,
Hervé Pelloux
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124
H-Index - 194
eISSN - 1460-2091
pISSN - 0305-7453
DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkr394
Subject(s) - caspofungin , fluconazole , candida parapsilosis , candida glabrata , amphotericin b , antifungal drug , corpus albicans , candida albicans , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , medicine , intensive care unit , antifungal
Antifungal prescription practices have changed over the last decade, and the impact of these changes is unclear. Our objective here was to evaluate the effect of antifungal drug use on the distribution and drug susceptibility of Candida spp. in a French intensive care unit (ICU).
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