International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume 13, Issue 6 , Pages 707-712 , November 2009

Invasive fungal infections and (1,3)-β-d-glucan serum concentrations in long-term intensive care patients

  • Elisabeth Presterl

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine I, Division of Infectious Diseases, Medical University of Vienna - Allgemeines Krankenhaus, Waehringer Guertel 18–20, 1090 Vienna, Austria
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +43 1 40400 4440; fax: +43 1 40400 4418.
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  • Bernhard Parschalk

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine I, Division of Infectious Diseases, Medical University of Vienna - Allgemeines Krankenhaus, Waehringer Guertel 18–20, 1090 Vienna, Austria
    • Department of Otorhinology, Medical University of Vienna - Allgemeines Krankenhaus, Vienna, Austria
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  • Edith Bauer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine III, Division of Nephrology, Medical University of Vienna - Allgemeines Krankenhaus, Vienna, Austria
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  • Andrea Lassnigg

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesia and General Intensive Care Medicine, Division of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia, Medical University of Vienna – Allgemeines Krankenhaus, Vienna, Austria
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  • Stefan Hajdu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Trauma Surgery, Medical University of Vienna - Allgemeines Krankenhaus, Vienna, Austria
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  • Wolfgang Graninger

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine I, Division of Infectious Diseases, Medical University of Vienna - Allgemeines Krankenhaus, Waehringer Guertel 18–20, 1090 Vienna, Austria

Received 7 January 2008 ,Revised 12 October 2008 ,Accepted 20 October 2008.

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    Mean concentrations of (1,3)-β-d-glucan over time (squares: group A, patients with fungal infections; circles: group B, patients without fungal infections).

    Mean concentrations of (1,3)-β-d-glucan over time (squares: group A, patients with fungal infections; circles: group B, patients without fungal infections).

PII: S1201-9712(08)01740-2

doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2008.10.013

International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume 13, Issue 6 , Pages 707-712 , November 2009