| Title |
β-D-glucan Surveillance with Preemptive Anidulafungin for Invasive Candidiasis in Intensive Care Unit Patients: A Randomized Pilot Study
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, August 2012
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0042282 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Kimberly E. Hanson, Christopher D. Pfeiffer, Erika D. Lease, Alfred H. Balch, Aimee K. Zaas, John R. Perfect, Barbara D. Alexander |
| Abstract |
Invasive candidiasis (IC) is a devastating disease. While prompt antifungal therapy improves outcomes, empiric treatment based on the presence of fever has little clinical impact. Β-D-Glucan (BDG) is a fungal cell wall component detectable in the serum of patients with early invasive fungal infection (IFI). We evaluated the utility of BDG surveillance as a guide for preemptive antifungal therapy in at-risk intensive care unit (ICU) patients. |
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| United States | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 100% |
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| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Denmark | 1 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 100 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Researcher | 15 | 14% |
| Other | 12 | 12% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 9 | 9% |
| Student > Master | 8 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 8 | 8% |
| Other | 27 | 26% |
| Unknown | 25 | 24% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 51 | 49% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 6 | 6% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 5 | 5% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 4 | 4% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 3 | 3% |
| Other | 7 | 7% |
| Unknown | 28 | 27% |