Guillermo Cuervo, Carolina Garcia-Vidal, Mireia Puig-Asensio, Antonio Vena, Yolanda Meije, Mario Fernández-Ruiz, Eva González-Barberá, María José Blanco-Vidal, Adriana Manzur, Celia Cardozo, Carlota Gudiol, José Miguel Montejo, Javier Pemán, Josefina Ayats, Jose María Aguado, Patricia Muñoz, Francesc Marco, Benito Almirante, Jordi Carratalà
BACKGROUND: Whether echinocandins could be used to treat candidemia of a urinary tract source (CUTS) is unknown. We aimed to provide current epidemiological information of CUTS and to compare echinocandin to fluconazole treatment on CUTS outcomes. METHODS: A multicenter study of adult patients with candidemia was conducted in 9 hospitals. CUTS was defined as a candidemia with concomitant candiduria by the same organism associated with significant urological comorbidity...
May 15, 2017: Clinical Infectious Diseases