Candida colonization in intensive care unit patients' urine
Autor: | Carolina Rodrigues Costa, Xisto Sena Passos, Miranildes de Abreu Batista, Janine de Aquino Lemos, Patrícia Jackeline Maciel, Karla Carvalho Miranda, Maria do Rosário Rodrigues Silva, Werther Souza Sales |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2005 |
Předmět: |
Adult
Male Microbiology (medical) Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty lcsh:Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine Isolation (health care) medicine.drug_class lcsh:RC955-962 Antibiotics lcsh:QR1-502 Urine intensive care unit lcsh:Microbiology law.invention Risk Factors law nosocomial infections Humans Medicine Candida spp Aged Candida Cross Infection business.industry Candida colonization Candidiasis Middle Aged Indwelling urinary catheter Intensive care unit Corpus albicans Intensive Care Units Urinary Tract Infections predisposing factors Female business Brazil |
Zdroj: | Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz., Vol 100, Iss 8, Pp 925-928 (2005) Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Volume: 100, Issue: 8, Pages: 925-928, Published: DEC 2005 |
ISSN: | 1678-8060 0074-0276 |
Popis: | The objective of this study was to identify possible predisposing factors for candiduria in intensive care unit (ICU) patients from Hospital das Clinicas, Universidade Federal de Goias, Goiânia, Brazil, during one year. Urine samples from 153 ICU patients were obtained by catheterization on admission day and every seven days. Data such as sex, age, antifungal therapy, and variables as antibiotics, underlying diseases or comorbid conditions and stay in the hospital, were collected from patients who had at least one urine culture that yielded > 10(3) yeast colonies/ml. Candiduria was recovered in 68 patients and the commonest predisposing factors were antibiotic therapy (100%) and indwelling urinary catheter (92.6%). The percentage of Candida spp. isolation increased during the extended periods in which patients remained in the ICU. C. albicans was isolated in 69.1%, and the other species non-albicans as C. glabrata, C. kefyr, C. parapsilosis, C. famata, C. guilliermondii, C. krusei, and C. tropicalis were isolated in lower percentage. The high frequency of candiduria and the possible predisposing factors found in ICU patients show that candiduria surveillance should be performed to help reducing nosocomial infections. |
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