Candidemia in the elderly: What does it change?
Francesco BarchiesiElena OrsettiSara MazzantiFrancesca TraveAldo SalviCinzia NittiEsther MansoPublished in: PloS one (2017)
In our study, we found that elderly patients with Candida bloodstream infections are characterized by a high mortality rate. In particular, the lack of any antifungal therapy as well as the occurrence of septic shock increased significantly the overall mortality. Additionally, we found that there was a trend of higher MIC for specific drug/Candida combination.