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- Title
The Management of Candidemia and Other Forms of Candidiasis: a Review of the 2008 IDSA Guidelines.
- Authors
Pappas, Peter G.
- Abstract
The article offers information on the 2008 guidelines review management of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) for candidemia and other forms of candidiasis. The guidelines focus on the importance of echinocandins as primary therapy for many forms of invasive candidiasis and introduce other treatments, including amphotericin B therapy and fluconazole. The guidelines also offer discussion on the influence of invasive candida infections on morbidity and mortality.
- Subjects
HEALTH policy; CANDIDIASIS; MYCOSES; MEDICAL societies; THERAPEUTICS; AMPHOTERICIN B; PREVENTIVE medicine
- Publication
Japanese Journal of Medical Mycology, 2008, Vol 49, p51
- ISSN
0916-4804
- Publication type
Article