Adjunctive Diagnostic Studies Completed Following Detection of Candidemia in Children: Secondary Analysis of Observed Practice from a Multicenter Cohort Study Conducted by the Pediatric Fungal Network.
Rachel L WattierRobert F T BucayuCraig L K BogeRachael K RossInci YildirimTheoklis E ZaoutisDebra L PalazziSurabhi B VoraElio CastagnolaMartha Avilés-RoblesLara Danziger-IsakovAlison C TribbleTanvi S SharmaAntonio C ArrietaGabriela MaronDavid M BermanDwight E YinLillian SungMichael GreenEmmanuel RoilidesKiran BelaniJosé RomeroPere Soler-PalacinEduardo Lopez MedinaDawn NoltIbrahim Zaid Bin HussainWilliam J MullerSarmistha B HaugerNatasha HalasaDaniel DulekAlice PongBlanca E GonzalezMark J AbzugFabianne CarlesseAnna R HupplerSujatha RajanCatherine AftandilianMonica I ArduraArunaloke ChakrabartiBenjamin R HanischChristine M SalvatoreLena KlingsporElizabeth D KnackstedtIrja LutsarMaria E SantolayaSydney ShusterSarah K JohnsonWilliam J SteinbachBrian T FisherPublished in: Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (2023)
Our findings show heterogeneity in practice, with some clinicians performing aDS selectively, potentially influenced by clinical factors. The low frequency of positive results suggests that targeted application of aDS is warranted.