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Editorial
. 2017 Mar;9(3):E269-E273.
doi: 10.21037/jtd.2017.02.78.

The EMPIRICUS trial-the final nail in the coffin of empirical antifungal therapy in the intensive care unit?

Michael Osthoff  1 , Nina Khanna  1 , Martin Siegemund
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Editorial

The EMPIRICUS trial-the final nail in the coffin of empirical antifungal therapy in the intensive care unit?

Michael Osthoff et al. J Thorac Dis. 2017 Mar.
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Conflict of Interest: The authors have no conflict of interest to declare.

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Algorithm for empirical antifungal treatment in critically ill patients at risk for invasive candidiasis in the intensive care unit. IC, invasive candidiasis; TPN, total parenteral nutrition.
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