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Catheter retention as a consequence rather than a cause of unfavorable outcome in candidemia

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  • 20 February 2018

    In the original publication the members of the FUNGINOS network were provided in such a way that they could not be indexed as collaborators on PubMed.

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Authors’ contributions

OM designed, implemented, and coordinated the candidemia cohort study.

JG, SZ, AI, KB, UF, CO, AC, TB, and OM collected clinical data, together with the clinical investigators from the centers of the FUNGINOS network listed in Appendix 1.

JS, KM, RZ, TB, RF, and JB collected Candida blood isolates and performed species identification and antifungal susceptibility testing, together with the clinical microbiologists from the centers of the FUNGINOS network listed in Appendix 1.

JB and FL coordinated the FUNGINOS reference mycology laboratory.

OM coordinated the Data Review Committee composed of KB, TB, UF, JG, AI, and SZ.

LD, VE, and PYB organized the dataset and performed statistical analyses.

LD, VE, OM, and PYB wrote the manuscript with the help of SZ, NK, FL, and JF.

All authors critically revised the manuscript and accepted the final version submitted for publication.

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    1. Infectious Diseases Service, Department of Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital, Rue du Bugnon 46, CH-1011, Lausanne, Switzerland

      Lauro Damonti, Véronique Erard, Christina Orasch, Frédéric Lamoth, Oscar Marchetti & Pierre-Yves Bochud

    2. Department of Medicine, HFR-Fribourg Cantonal Hospital, Fribourg, Switzerland

      Véronique Erard

    3. Infectious Diseases Service, Department of Medical Specialties, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland

      Jorge Garbino

    4. Bacteriology Laboratory, Service of Laboratory Medicine, Department of Genetics and Laboratory Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland

      Jacques Schrenzel

    5. Institute for Infectious Diseases, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

      Stefan Zimmerli & Konrad Mühlethaler

    6. Department of Medicine, Oberaargau Hospital, Langenthal, Switzerland

      Alexander Imhof

    7. Laboratory of Microbiological Diagnostics, Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

      Reinhard Zbinden

    8. Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, Zürich University Hospital, Zürich, Switzerland

      Alexander Imhof & Jan Fehr

    9. Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, Cantonal Hospital, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland

      Katia Boggian

    10. Department of Bacteriology, Mycology and Parasitology, Center of Laboratory Medicine, Cantonal Hospital, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland

      Thomas Bruderer

    11. Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Hirslanden Klinik, Aarau, Switzerland

      Ursula Flückiger

    12. Laboratory Medicine, Division of Clinical Microbiology, Basel University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

      Reno Frei

    13. Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Hirslanden Klinik, St. Anna, Lucerne, Switzerland

      Christina Orasch

    14. Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, Basel University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

      Ursula Flückiger, Christina Orasch, Anna Conen & Nina Khanna

    15. Division of lnfectious Diseases and Hospital Hygiene, Cantonal Hospital, Aarau, Switzerland

      Anna Conen & Thomas Bregenzer

    16. Clinics for Internal Medicine, Hospital Lachen AG, Lachen, Switzerland

      Thomas Bregenzer

    17. Institute of Microbiology, Department of Laboratories, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland

      Jacques Bille & Frédéric Lamoth

    18. Department of Medicine, Ensemble Hospitalier de la Côte, Morges, Switzerland

      Oscar Marchetti

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    Correspondence to Oscar Marchetti or Pierre-Yves Bochud.

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    The national study has been approved by the Ethical Committee of the Lausanne University Hospital as the coordinating center.

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    The authors have no potential conflicts of interest to declare.

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    L. Damonti and V. Erard contributed equally as first authors. P.-Y. Bochud and O. Marchetti contributed equally as senior authors.

    Clinical and Microbiology Laboratory Investigators of the FUNGINOS network are listed in the Appendix 1 in Electronic Supplementary Material.

    A correction to this article is available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-018-5081-4.

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    Damonti, L., Erard, V., Garbino, J. et al. Catheter retention as a consequence rather than a cause of unfavorable outcome in candidemia. Intensive Care Med 43, 935–939 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-017-4737-9

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