%0 Journal Article
%T Antifungal use in intensive care units: another uncertainty that highlights the need for precision medicine
%A Rima Moghnieh
%A Souha S. Kanj
%A Zeina A. Kanafani
%J SCIE-indexed Journal
%D 2016
%R 10.21037/jtd.2016.12.97
%X Epidemiologic data have shown an increasing prevalence of candidemia in non-immunocompromised critically ill patients (1). Candida is the fourth most common organism causing bloodstream infections in hospitals, accounting for 10% of all bloodstream infections with an attributable mortality ranging from 42% to 63% (2-6) leading to increased intensive care unit (ICU) and hospital stay (7,8). In some studies one half to two-thirds of all episodes of candidemia are acquired in ICUs (2-6)
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