The clinical significance of Candida colonization of respiratory tract secretions in critically ill patients
MS Delisle, DR Williamson, MM Perreault, M Albert… - Journal of critical …, 2008 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: Clinical uncertainty exists regarding the significance of colonization confined to
respiratory tract secretions with Candida sp in critically ill patients. Our objectives were to
describe such colonization, its associated risk factors, and to examine the clinical outcomes
in patients with a clinical suspicion of ventilator-associated pneumonia with isolated
Candida colonization compared to those without. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In a
retrospective analysis of the Canadian ventilator-associated pneumonia study, patients were …
respiratory tract secretions with Candida sp in critically ill patients. Our objectives were to
describe such colonization, its associated risk factors, and to examine the clinical outcomes
in patients with a clinical suspicion of ventilator-associated pneumonia with isolated
Candida colonization compared to those without. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In a
retrospective analysis of the Canadian ventilator-associated pneumonia study, patients were …