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Fungaemia in hospitalized patients
Author(s) -
Perduca M.,
Marangoni E.,
Guanziroli A.,
Romero E.,
Filice G.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
mycoses
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.13
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1439-0507
pISSN - 0933-7407
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0507.1995.tb00069.x
Subject(s) - medicine , intensive care medicine , general surgery
Summary. At various clinics of IRCCS S. Matteo Hospital, Pavia, Italy, 269 blood cultures recovered from immunocompromised patients over 4 years have been examined mycologically. Of the 269 cultures, 101 were from HIV‐infected patients and five were from cardiac transplant recipients. Of the total examined 96 blood cultures were positive (36%). The most frequent genus was Candida: C. albicans (48%), C. tropicalis and C. parapsilosis (8% each), C. glabrata and C. guillermondii (3% each). Cryptococcus neoformans was detected in 21 patients (22%). Zusammenfassung. Im Vierjahreszeitraum von 1991–1994 wurden 269 Blutkulturen von abwehrgeschwächten Patienten verschiedener Abteilungen der Poliklinik S. Matteo, Pavia, Italien, mykologisch untersucht. Davon kamen 101 Blutkulturen von HIV‐positiven Patienten und fünf von Herztransplantierten. Insgesamt waren 96 Blutkulturen (36%) positiv. Candida albicans wurde zu 48%, C. tropicalis und C. parapsilosis zu je 8%, C. glabrata und C. guilliermondii zu je 3% und Cryptococcus neoformans zu 22% isoliert.