EQUAL Candida score, an effective tool for predicting the outcomes of Candida tropicalis candidaemia: A retrospective cohort study.
Teera LeepattarakitOrawan TulyaprawatChyanis VongseeninPongprueth RujirachunPhuuwadith WattanachayakulPrawut PhichinitikornPakpoom PhoompoungPopchai NgamskulrungrojPublished in: Mycoses (2022)
The predictive factors for 30-day case fatality were septic shock, mechanical ventilation use and the EQUAL Candida score. It is recommended that the EQUAL score be considered for patients infected with C. tropicalis candidaemia to reduce the case-fatality rate.
Keyphrases
- mechanical ventilation
- candida albicans
- septic shock
- end stage renal disease
- biofilm formation
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- intensive care unit
- chronic kidney disease
- prognostic factors
- pseudomonas aeruginosa
- staphylococcus aureus
- type diabetes
- escherichia coli
- patient reported outcomes
- cystic fibrosis
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation