| Literature DB >> 22461680 |
Charles R Sims1, Siraya Jaijakul, John Mohr, Jose Rodriguez, Malcolm Finkelman, Luis Ostrosky-Zeichner.
Abstract
The correlation of β-glucan (BG) levels with clinical outcomes in invasive candidiasis (IC) remains unknown. Patients with proven IC were followed prospectively from diagnosis to outcome with twice-weekly serum BG sampling. Correlation of BG with clinical outcome was assessed in each patient. BG levels tend to decrease in successfully treated patients and increase in treatment failures. BG levels may be useful as surrogates for outcome evaluation of IC.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22461680 PMCID: PMC3372136 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00773-12
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948