Predominance of Candida tropicalis bloodstream infections in a Singapore teaching hospital

被引：22

作者：

Chai, Yi Ann Louis

Wang, Yue

Khoo, Ai Leng

Chan, Fong Yee

Chow, Carol

Kumarasinghe, Gamini

Singh, Kamaljit

Tambyah, Paul Ananth

机构：

[1] Natl Univ Singapore Hosp, Dept Med, Singapore 117548, Singapore

[2] Inst Mol & Cell Biol, Microbial Collect & Screening Lab, Singapore, Singapore

[3] Natl Univ Singapore Hosp, Dept Pharm, Singapore 117548, Singapore

[4] Natl Univ Singapore Hosp, Dept Lab Med, Singapore 117548, Singapore

[5] Rush Univ, Med Ctr, Chicago, IL 60612 USA

[6] Natl Univ Singapore, Fac Med, Singapore 117548, Singapore

来源：

MEDICAL MYCOLOGY | 2007年 / 45卷 / 05期

关键词：

Candida tropicalis; Singapore; epidemiology;

D O I：

10.1080/13693780701385868

中图分类号：

R51 [传染病];

学科分类号：

100401 ;

摘要：

An 18- month epidemiologic investigation of Candida bloodstream infections in a Singapore hospital identified 52 candidemic patients: 36% of whose infections were caused by C. tropicalis, 29% were due to C. albicans, 10% with C. parapsilosis and 21% involved C. glabrata. A predominant clonal C. tropicalis strain was demonstrated. No association with ICU stay, prior exposure to fluconazole/ broad- spectrum antibiotics or increased mortality was found in this apparent shift towards non- albicans Candida species as the primary agents of candidemia.

引用

页码：435 / 439

页数：5

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