Candida in respiratoire stalen - UZ Leuven
Candida in respiratoire stalen - UZ Leuven
Candida in respiratoire stalen - UZ Leuven
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<strong>Candida</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>respiratoire</strong> <strong>stalen</strong><br />
Appraisal: Analytic performance<br />
• rapporter<strong>in</strong>g van pathogenen van onderste<br />
luchtweg<strong>in</strong>fecties.<br />
• …Report<br />
yeast as “isolates consistent with micro organisms encountered <strong>in</strong><br />
the upper respiratory tract” …<br />
• …candida<br />
organisms are not a cause of pneumonia, , except possible <strong>in</strong><br />
oncology (e.g. leukaemia) or lung transplant patients or <strong>in</strong> neonates. Even <strong>in</strong><br />
those cases, growth of <strong>Candida</strong> <strong>in</strong> lower respiratory specimens, regardless r<br />
of<br />
species, does not correlate with disease. Yeasts are normal <strong>in</strong>habitants of the<br />
mouth….