Fungal infections in the ICU

doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-23380-6_11

Fungal infections in the ICU

François Venter,Ian Sanne-2006-01-09-Kluwer Academic Publishers eBooks

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A 35-year-old male patient with a history of kidney transplantation is admitted to the intensive care unit after a Graham patch procedure for treatment of a gastric perforation. He is in septic shock and is being treated with Vancomycin and Piperacillin with Tazobactam and his hemodynamics are being supported with Norepinephrine and Vasopressin. He shows no hemodynamic improvement over 48 h despite resolution of his surgical issues and no new identifiable sources of infection.

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A 35-year-old male patient with a history of kidney transplantation is admitted to the intensive care unit after a Graham patch procedure for treatment of a gastric perforation. He is in septic shock and is being treated with Vancomycin and Piperacillin with Tazobactam and his hemodynamics are being supported with Norepinephrine and Vasopressin. He shows no hemodynamic improvement over 48 h despite resolution of his surgical issues and no new identifiable sources of infection.

Keywords

MedicineSeptic shockPiperacillinHemodynamicsIntensive care unitTazobactamPiperacillin/tazobactamIntensive care medicine

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