Clinical Significance of Smear or Culture Positive for Candida Spp. From Sputum Three Times a Week
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Unknown status
Trial end date:
2011-12-01
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Summary
The definition of pulmonary candidiasis is still unclear.In China, isolation of candida spp.
form sputum twice or three times a week has been regarded as the microbiological evidence of
pulmonary candidiasis. The investigators hypothesize that patients who present respiratory
symptoms and lung infiltrates together with smear of culture positive for candida spp. from
sputum three times a week can not be diagnosed as pulmonary candidiasis.