Author |
Pessoa-Silva, Carmem Lucia
![]() ![]() Santos, Rosana M. R. Dos ![]() Colombo, Arnaldo Lopes ![]() ![]() |
Institution | UFRJ Depto. de Medicina Preventiva Disciplina de Doenças Infecciosas e Parasitárias Hospital da Lagoa Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP) |
Abstract | Candida parapsilosis is an increasingly important bloodstream pathogen in neonatal intensive care units (NICU). We investigated a cluster of bloodstream infections in a NICU to determine whether nosocomial transmission occurred. During a 3-day period, 3 premature infants hospitalized in the same unit presented with sepsis caused by C. parapsilosis. Electrophoretic karyotype of the organisms was performed by using pulsed field gel electrophoresis in a countour-clamped homogeneous electric field system. The isolate from 1 newborn could not be typed, and the isolates from the remaining 2 infants had identical patterns. All 3 cases are described. We conclude that nosocomial transmission of C. parapsilosis occurred and that neonates under intensive care may represent a risk group for this pathogen. |
Keywords |
Candidemia
nosocomial infections neonate |
Language | English |
Date | 2001-02-01 |
Published in | Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases. Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases, v. 5, n. 1, p. 32-36, 2001. |
ISSN | 1413-8670 (Sherpa/Romeo) |
Publisher | Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases |
Extent | 32-36 |
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Access rights | Open access ![]() |
Type | Article |
SciELO ID | S1413-86702001000100005 (statistics in SciELO) |
URI | http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/1107 |
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