Candidoses en réanimationCandidiasis and intensive care patients.

Catheter Related Bloodstream Infections (Crbsi) in Intensive Care Units: A Prospective Study of Its Rate, Microbiological Profile and Associated Factors

“…[25] Non-albicans Candida are also being reported from nosocomial septicaemic cases [9]; in the present study they were isolated in(n = 3; 18.75 %) of the CVC-BSI cases. All these four organisms are known to produce biofilms, which are reported to be universally present on CVC [11].…”

“…Incidence of CRBSI is lesser in western countries [1]. Studies across various hospitals in India and Taiwan have reported rates of CRBSI ranging from 0.48 /1000 catheter days to 14.26/1000 catheter days [3][4][5][6][7][8][9]. The organisms associated with CRBSI are usually the normal resident flora of the skin at the insertion site, which may lead to colonization of the catheter inserted.…”

“…The organisms associated with CRBSI are usually the normal resident flora of the skin at the insertion site, which may lead to colonization of the catheter inserted. Gram-positive cocci are responsible for at least two-thirds of the infections and coagulase-negative staphylococci (60%) are the leading bacteria cultured from catheters, followed by gram negative cocci [9,10]. Additionally, microbial biofilms may pose a public health problem for persons requiring indwelling medical devices [11].…”