Tuesday, March 19, 2019

Catheter Related Candidemia Treatment Indications

Empiric therapy for suspected catheter-related candidemia should be administered for septic patients with the following risk factors:
●Total parenteral nutrition
●Prolonged use of broad-spectrum antibiotics
●Hematologic malignancy
●Hematopoietic cell or solid organ transplant
●Femoral catheterization
●Colonization due to Candida species at multiple sites

Source: Uptodate

Bhopalwala. H

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