Title: Research progress on the early diagnosis of invasive candida infection: an up-to-date review
Abstract:The incidence of invasive candida infection in critically ill patients is rising year by year.It's clinical manifestation lacks specificity which is easy to result in missed diagnosis or misdiagnosis....The incidence of invasive candida infection in critically ill patients is rising year by year.It's clinical manifestation lacks specificity which is easy to result in missed diagnosis or misdiagnosis.Traditional diagnosis methods need very long time and have low positive rate, which are easy to delay treatment, so early diagnosis is particularly important.1, 3-β-D-glucan, mannan and antibodies, anti-enolase antibodies, candida score and colonization index may be helpful to make early diagnosis.
Key words:
Candida; Invasive infection; Early diagnosis; FungusRead More
Publication Year: 2016
Publication Date: 2016-02-20
Language: en
Type: article
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