Candidemia in a neonatal intensive care unit: trends during fifteen years and clinical features of 111 cases

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作者
Kossoff, EH
Buescher, ES
Karlowicz, MG
机构
[1] Eastern Virginia Med Sch, Childrens Hosp Kings Daughters, Div Infect Dis, Norfolk, VA 23501 USA
[2] Eastern Virginia Med Sch, Childrens Hosp Kings Daughters, Div Neonatalperinatal Med, Norfolk, VA 23501 USA
[3] Eastern Virginia Med Sch, Childrens Hosp Kings Daughters, Dept Pediat, Norfolk, VA 23501 USA
关键词
candidemia; Candida; neonatal intensive care unit; nosocomial; neonate;
D O I
10.1097/00006454-199806000-00014
中图分类号
R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
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100102 ;
摘要
Objective. To determine changes in the incidence of candidemia in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) during a 15-year period (1981 to 1995) and to compare the prevalence and case fatality rates of Candida albicans and Candida parapsilosis infections. Methods. A retrospective study was conducted of candidemia occurring in infants in a NICU between January 1, 1981, and December 31, 1995. Cases were identified through computerized searching of a microbiology blood culture database. Candidemia was considered contributory to mortality if death occurred within 3 days of positive blood cultures or if there was autopsy evidence of disseminated candidiasis. Results. One hundred eleven cases of candidemia occurred in 107 infants, representing 1% of all NICU patients during the study period. The rate of candidemia in the NICU increased from 2.5 cases per 1000 admissions in 1981 to 1985, to 4.6 per 1000 admissions in 1986 to 1990 and to 28.5 per 1000 in 1991 to 1995 (P = 0.001). C. albicans was the predominant cause of candidemia between 1981 and 1990, C. parapsilosis was the most prevalent species between 1991 and 1995, causing 53 of 89 cases (60%), The mortality from C. albicans, 13 of 50 cases (26%), was significantly higher than the mortality from C. parapsilosis, 2 of 54 (4%) (P = 0.002; relative risk, 7; 95% confidence interval, 1.7 to 30). Conclusions. The rate of candidemia in our neonatal intensive care unit increased >11-fold in the 15 years from 1981 to 1995; the prevalent Candida species shifted from C. albicans to C. parapsilosis; and candidemia associated with C. albicans has significantly higher mortality than with C. parapsilosis.
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