2009
DOI: 10.1590/s1517-83822009000200021
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Candida isolates in tertiary hospitals in northeastern Brazil

Abstract: Candida is an opportunistic pathogen that affects high-risk patients who are either immunocompromised or critically ill and is associated with almost 80% of all nosocomial fungal infections, representing the major cause of fungemia with high mortality rates (40%). Candida albicans is the main cause of candidemia and among the non-albicans species C. parapsilosis, C. glabrata and C. tropicalis are the most frequent agents.

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“…Da mesma forma, a incidência de candidíase vaginal, que varia entre 20-30% das gestações, geralmente não produz complicações obstétricas 13 A leucocitose na admissão foi um sinalizador para a presença concomitante de colonização (p = 0,048), considerado principal fator de risco para a fungemia 5,[7][8][9][10][11][12] . Essa correlação nos faz aventar a hipótese de que os RNs considerados potencialmente infectados ao nascimento, seja por amniorrexe prematura, ITU, candidíase materna ou outros fatores, apresentam maior chance, devido à imaturidade do sistema imunológico, de estarem colonizados na admissão.…”
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“…Da mesma forma, a incidência de candidíase vaginal, que varia entre 20-30% das gestações, geralmente não produz complicações obstétricas 13 A leucocitose na admissão foi um sinalizador para a presença concomitante de colonização (p = 0,048), considerado principal fator de risco para a fungemia 5,[7][8][9][10][11][12] . Essa correlação nos faz aventar a hipótese de que os RNs considerados potencialmente infectados ao nascimento, seja por amniorrexe prematura, ITU, candidíase materna ou outros fatores, apresentam maior chance, devido à imaturidade do sistema imunológico, de estarem colonizados na admissão.…”
Section: Discussionunclassified
“…A transmissão pode se dar de forma vertical, durante o parto, na passagem pelo canal vaginal (principalmente C. albicans), ou de forma horizontal, pelas mãos dos profissionais de saúde (principalmente C. parapsilosis) 4,10,13 .…”
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“…Fungal infections have increased in recent years, and are responsible for high morbidity and mortality rates. Candida still causes most of the fungal nosocomial infections; the presence of these yeasts in human microbiota favours the incidence of these infections, mainly due to the virulence factors of the fungus and its interaction with the hospitalized patients who presented a weak immune system (Hinrichsen et al, 2009;Heo et al, 2011;Silva et al, 2014).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The most frequent isolated specie was again C. albicans, found in 51.4% of the patients. C. albicansis without a doubt the most frequently isolated specie in both superficial and invasive infections from different anatomic sites, and the most common cause of candidiasis and candidemia worldwide (Moris et al, 2008;Hinrichsen et al, 2009;Savastano et al, 2016).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Unfortunately, the increased survival rate of these high-risk infants has led to a concomitant rise in the incidence of Candida infections; over the past decade, the incidence of Candida parapsilosis has dramatically increased. In fact, reports indicate that C. parapsilosis is often the second most common Candida species isolated from blood cultures (Kuzucu et al, 2008;Hinrichsen et al, 2008;Pfaller et al, 2010;Aydin et al, 2011).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%