Zeitschrift für ärztliche Fortbildung und Qualitätssicherung
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Z Arztl Fortbild Qualitatssich · Apr 1998
Review[Early detection and diagnosis of invasive mycoses].
An invasive mycosis may cause death in high-risk patients. An early systemic antimycotic therapy can save life. Therefore, a continuous mycological monitoring in one week intervals is necessary in high-risk patients beginning with the day of admission. ⋯ Only by interpreting the time course of the mycological findings and the patient's clinical status, an invasive mycosis may be diagnosed with some certainty. In any case, additional procedures like radiological techniques (i.e. CT-scan), histology etc. should be used.