Since invasive candidiasis occurred only in <5% of patients who had Candida colonization score of <3, the likelihood of developing invasive candidiasis in such patients was considered very low.
Patients with high candida colonization index scores can be considered to be at high risk for candida infection or are already infected.
Vascular colonization was scored according to the frequency of successful reisolation in stem sections arranged in four height classes measured from the stem base: 15-30 mm, 30-45 mm, 45-60 mm and 60-75 mm.
The conclusions of Hall and colleagues [ 1], even if valid only in their institution, suggest that the most relevant tool for accurate detection of candida in SAP is the candida colonization index score.
A Candida Colonization Index Score (CCIS) was calculated for each patient using the methods described [ 8] as follows: CCIS = ratio of the number of non-blood distinct body sites colonised with Candida spp to the total number of body sites cultured.
Colonization and inflammation scores of infected groups of different animal strains were compared pairwise using the Wilcoxon rank sum test, using time as a stratification factor and a Bonferroni adjusted significance level of 0.05/3 = 0.0167.
No differences in sebum levels, microbiological colonization and skin scores were found.
Colonization was generally scored two weeks after inoculation.
On the first section, the H. suis colonization density was scored, as shown in Table 1, according to the Updated Sydney System [28] after immunohistochemical staining using a polyclonal genus-specific rabbit anti-H.
