Usefulness of Two-Step Algorithm with Earlier Growth Detection in Anaerobic Bottle and Time to Positivity to Predict Candida glabrata Fungemia

동현 변¹ 동현 이² 선주 김^*2

¹ Departments of Laboratory Medicine
² Internal Medicine,Hanyang University College of Medicine

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Keywords

Blood culture Candida glabrata Candidemia Fungemia Time to positivity

Fig. 1. Two-step algorithm for a presumptive identification of C. glabrata to initiate empirical antifungal therapy.