Potential role of T2Candida in the management of empirical antifungal treatment in patients at high risk of candidaemia: a pilot single-centre study
Author(s) -
Maddalena Giannella,
Michela Paolucci,
Greta Roncarati,
Giacomo Vandi,
Renato Pascale,
Filippo Trapani,
Michele Bartoletti,
Sara Tedeschi,
Simone Ambretti,
Russell E. Lewis,
Maria Carla Re,
Pierluigi Viale
Publication year - 2018
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/dky247
Subject(s) - antifungal , medicine , intensive care medicine , fluconazole , dermatology
We estimated the diagnostic accuracy of T2Candida, with blood culture (BC) as the gold standard, and compared turnaround time between these two techniques in order to investigate the potential role of T2Candida in the management of empirical antifungal treatment (EAT).
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