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Published in: Critical Care 1/2019

Open Access 01-12-2019 | ECMO | Letter

Candida bloodstream infection under veno-arterial ECMO therapy

Authors: Quentin de Roux, Françoise Botterel, Raphaël Lepeule, Fabio Silvio Taccone, Olivier Langeron, Nicolas Mongardon

Published in: Critical Care | Issue 1/2019

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Cavayas et al. recently described invasive fungal infections in patients under extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) of the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization registry [1]. They found a 1.2% prevalence of Candida bloodstream infections (BSI). However, we highlighted the heterogeneity of this mixed population treated with veno-venous (VV) and veno-arterial (VA) ECMO and the scarce available data, in particular the delay from ECMO to infection [2]. …
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Metadata
Title
Candida bloodstream infection under veno-arterial ECMO therapy
Authors
Quentin de Roux
Françoise Botterel
Raphaël Lepeule
Fabio Silvio Taccone
Olivier Langeron
Nicolas Mongardon
Publication date
01-12-2019
Publisher
BioMed Central
Keywords
ECMO
ECMO
Published in
Critical Care / Issue 1/2019
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-019-2593-4

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