Candiduria: a clinical and therapeutic approach

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Colombo, Arnaldo Lopes¹  Guimarães, Thaís¹  Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo¹  Hospital do Servidor Público Estadual de São Paulo, São Paulo¹ 

关键词: candiduria;    Nosocomial infection;    Antifungal drugs;    Candida;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0037-86822007000300016

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

来源: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

【 摘 要 】

Candiduria remains a controversial issue for clinicians once that it may represent a broad variety of possibilities including colonization, local or systemic infection. We will discuss the epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment of candiduria in different settings of patients, including renal transplant recipients. Definitions on therapy are mostly based on epidemiological and clinical data. Once antifungal therapy is required the following antifungal treatment may be used: intravenous amphotericin B, bladder irrigation with amphotericin B or fluconazole. Blood cultures may be required in patients with candiduria and high risk for developing hematogenous infection. Removal of the urinary catheter must be considered in order to avoid persistent candiduria and recurrence.

【 授权许可】

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