06-03-2010, 04:41 AM
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Med-news: Early-detect screen for fungal-infXn will save lives
Early Test For A Killer Of The Sickest
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An early test for fungal infections... measures how a patient's genes... respond() [to Candida, and] could save the lives of some very sick patients. [snip]...
It is an entirely new and more rapid way to reveal an infection which occurs in very sick or immunocompromised patients, particularly critical care patients. Candidemia can kill 10-15 percent of critically ill patients within the first 24-hours of infection. If the disease goes undetected for up to three days, the mortality rate rises to 30 percent.
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