Table 1.

Criteria for Increased Clinical Concern for Invasive Candidiasis

At least one of the following underlying diagnoses/clinical conditions:

Intestinal failure (eg, short-gut syndrome)

Solid tumor or hematologic malignancy

Aplastic anemia

Solid organ transplant recipient

Hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipient

Any patient currently in or imminently transferred to a non-neonatal ICU

All of the following current clinical management:

Presence of at least one central catheter (arterial or venous)

Blood culture drawn for clinical concern of infection

Initiation or change in systemic nonantifungal antimicrobial therapy at time of blood culture attainment

Abbreviation: ICU, intensive care unit.