Open AccessAssociation of Immune Cell Subtypes and Phenotype With Subsequent Invasive Candidiasis in Patients With Abdominal Sepsis
Author(s) -
Christoph Arens,
Timo Kramm,
Sebastian Decker,
Jens Spannenberger,
Thorsten Brenner,
Daniel C. Richter,
Markus Weigand,
Florian Uhle,
Christoph Lichtenstern
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
shock
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.095
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1540-0514
pISSN - 1073-2322
DOI - 10.1097/shk.0000000000001251
Subject(s) - medicine , immune system , prospective cohort study , immunology , sepsis , intensive care unit , gastroenterology
In nonneutropenic intensive care unit (ICU) patients, current risk stratification scores lack specificity to reliably predict the risk of a prospective invasive candidiasis (IC). We aimed to explore possible associations of distinct immunological markers with different degrees of Candida affection in patients with abdominal sepsis.