title: [Traditional microbiological diagnosis for invasive candidiasis in critical non-neutropenic patients].
abstract: Invasive candidiasis is the most prevalent fungal infection in the critical non neutropenic patient (80%) and is associated with high morbidity-mortality. Microbiological diagnosis is difficult and the positivity of traditional tests appears late in the course of infection. We herein discuss the utility of direct examination and cultures from different sites and the value of surveillance cultures for establishing the likelihood of invasive candidiasis.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Severo Ochoa, Avda. de Orellana s/n, 28911, Leganés, Madrid, Spain. mcuetara.hsvo@salud.madrid.org.
authors.forename: María Soledad
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Cuétara
authors.forename: Almudena
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alhambra
authors.forename: Amalia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Del Palacio
mesh_terms: D002175:Candida / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D016638:Critical Illness; D006801:Humans; D009172:Mycology / Q000379:methods