Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiología clínica
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Enferm. Infecc. Microbiol. Clin. · Feb 2004
Comparative Study[Evaluation of a new commercial test (Candida albicans IFA IgG) for the serodiagnosis of invasive candidiasis].
Two tests for the detection of antibodies to Candida albicans germ tubes in patients with invasive candidiasis were compared: a new commercially available test (Candida albicans IFA IgG) and the indirect immunofluorescence test generally used for this purpose. ⋯ The commercially available Candida albicans IFA IgG test is similar to the test generally used for the detection of antibodies to C. albicans germ tubes and provides faster and easier diagnosis of invasive candidiasis in the clinical microbiology laboratory.
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Enferm. Infecc. Microbiol. Clin. · Feb 2004
Comparative Study[Hospital admission, duration of stay and mortality in community-acquired pneumonia in an acute care hospital. Correlation between a pneumonia prognosis index and conventional clinical criteria for assessing severity].
The objective of this study was to evaluate the management of community acquired pneumonia (CAP) according to conventional clinical criteria applied in the emergency room as compared to a pneumonia prognosis index (PPI) (Fine et al. NEJM 1997). We also analyzed which factors were associated with the need for inpatient treatment in PPI risk category III patients. ⋯ In our cohort, the PPI was effective for identifying low-risk patients with CAP who could be treated as outpatients. In risk class III patients, the severity of the disease was the strongest predictor of hospitalization, rather than the presence of comorbid conditions.