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Fungal infections in the ICU

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Data collected over the past 10–20 years clearly show that invasive fungal infections, far from being observed in immunocompromised hosts only, are increasingly recognised as a growing problem in critically ill nonimmunocompromised patients and in subjects undergoing major surgical procedures [1–3]. While Candida spp. are the most common cause of severe fungal infections in the ICU, mould infections are so far rare, but the problem is rapidly rising due to the increased spectrum of patients at risk for aspergillar infections [4]. According to Vanderwoude [5], this particular group of patients has recently been categorised into different risk classes: high risk (allogeneic bone marrow-transplanted patients, neutropenic and haematological patients); intermediate risk (autologous bone marrow-transplanted patients, subjects suffering from malnutrition, under corticosteroid therapy, with diabetes or underlying pulmonary diseases) and low risk (patients suffering for cystic fibrosis and connective tissue disease). Cases of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis have been reported in apparently nonimmunocompromised COPD patients [5].

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De Gasperi, A., Corti, A., Perrone, L. (2007). Fungal infections in the ICU. In: Gullo, A. (eds) Anaesthesia, Pain, Intensive Care and Emergency A.P.I.C.E.. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-0571-6_15

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