Empiric Antifungal Therapy for Intra-Abdominal Post-Surgical Abscesses in Non-ICU Patients

• Main Authors: Eleonora Taddei (Author), Francesca Giovannenze (Author), Emanuela Birocchi (Author), Rita Murri (Author), Lucia Cerolini (Author), Francesco Vladimiro Segala (Author), Pierluigi Del Vecchio (Author), Francesco Taccari (Author), Massimo Fantoni (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2023-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The role of empiric antifungals for post-surgical abscesses (PSAs) is controversial, and international guidelines on invasive mycoses focus on bloodstream infections. We analyzed a retrospective cohort of 319 patients with PSA at a tertiary-level hospital in Italy during the years 2013-2018. Factors...