Diagnostic surveillance by Candida albicans germ tube antibody in intensive care unit patients.

CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest that detection of CAGTA could be a useful biomarker for the diagnosis of proven and probable IC in critical patients during prolonged ICU stay. During the monitoring it is opportune to evaluate the titers kinetics since the clinical diagnosis of proven/probable IC coincided with increase titer from negative (<1/160) to more than 1/160. PMID: 30902614 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Journal of Microbiology, Immunology, and Infection - March 10, 2019 Category: Microbiology Authors: Trovato L, Astuto M, Castiglione G, Scalia G, Oliveri S Tags: J Microbiol Immunol Infect Source Type: research