A Letter in Response to “Diagnosing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection in Critically ill Patients: Do the Guidelines Help?”
Citation Information :
A Letter in Response to “Diagnosing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection in Critically ill Patients: Do the Guidelines Help?”. Indian J Crit Care Med 2018; 22 (6):467-468.
Saran S, Rao NS, Azim A. Diagnosing catheter-associated urinary tract infection in critically Ill patients: Do the guidelines help? Indian J Crit Care Med 2018;22:357-60.
Kieffer P, Gase KA, Babcock HM, Leone C, Snyders R, Hoehner C, et al. Removing yeast from the catheter-associated urinary tract infection definition: The impact on rates for a large healthcare system. Am J Infect Control 2015;43:S6.
Hooton TM, Bradley SF, Cardenas DD, Colgan R, Geerlings SE, Rice JC, et al. Diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of catheter-associated urinary tract infection in adults: 2009 International Clinical Practice Guidelines from the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Clin Infect Dis 2010;50:625-63.
De Rosa FG, Corcione S, Montrucchio G, Brazzi L, Di Perri G. Appropriate treatment of invasive candidiasis in ICU: Timing, colonization index, candida score & biomarkers, towards de-escalation? Turk J Anaesthesiol Reanim 2016;44:279-82.
Fakih MG, Groves C, Bufalino A, Sturm LK, Hendrich AL. Definitional change in NHSN CAUTI was associated with an increase in CLABSI events: Evaluation of a large health system. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2017;38:685-9.
Candida auris in Healthcare Settings India. Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). Available from: http://www.icmr.nic.in/icmrnews/candida%20auris.pdf. [Last accessed on 2018 May 23].
