Arunaloke Chakrabarti, Harsimran Kaur, Jayanthi Savio, Shivaprakash M Rudramurthy, Atul Patel, Prakash Shastri, Umabala Pamidimukkala, Rajiv Karthik, Sanjay Bhattacharya, Anupma Jyoti Kindo, Pradip Bhattacharya, Subhash Todi, Ram Gopalakrishan, Pankaj Singh, Abhishek Pandey, Ritesh Agarwal
BACKGROUND AND AIM: Due to limited data on invasive mould infections (IMIs) in the intensive care units (ICUs) of developing countries, we ascertain epidemiology and management of IMIs at 11 ICUs across India. METHODS: Consecutive patients with proven or probable/putative IMIs were enrolled during the study period. Subjects were categorized into classical (neutropenia, malignancy, transplant recipients on immunosuppression) and non-classical (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes, liver disease and glucocorticoids) risk groups...
February 5, 2019: Journal of Critical Care