Candidiasis in pediatric patients with cancer interned in a university hospital / Candidíases em pacientes pediátricos com câncer internados em um hospital universitário
Braz. j. microbiol
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40(2): 321-324, Apr.-June 2009. ilus, tab
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ABSTRACT
Fungi are common causes of infection in immunocompromised patients. Candida species are frequently involved in these cases. In order to investigate candidiasis in pediatric patients with cancer, clinical samples were collected from one hundred and twenty two patients interned in the Oswaldo Cruz University Hospital in Recife, Brazil. Yeasts were isolated from thirty-four clinical samples. The species isolated were Candida albicans (fourteen isolates), C. parapsilosis (nine isolates), C. guilliermondii (two isolates) and C. tropicalis (two isolates). We found that candidemia was most frequent in patients with malignant hematology and that C. parapsilosis infections caused the highest mortality.
RESUMO
Os fungos são causas comuns de infecções em pacientes imunocomprometidos e espécies de Candida são freqüentemente envolvidas nesses casos. A fim de investigar infecção fúngica em pacientes pediátricos com câncer, amostras clínicas foram coletadas de cento e vinte dois pacientes internados no Hospital Universitário Oswaldo Cruz em Recife, Brasil. Leveduras foram isoladas de trinta e quatro amostras clínicas. As leveduras isoladas foram Candida albicans (catorze isolados), C. parapsilosis (nove isolados), C. guilliermondii (dois isolados) e C. tropicalis (dois isolados). Descobrimos que candidemia foi mais freqüente em doentes com hematologias malignas e que C. parapsilosis apresentou maior mortalidade.
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Sujet Principal:
Levures
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Candidose
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Techniques et procédures diagnostiques
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Hématologie
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Mycoses
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Tumeurs
Type d'étude:
Etude diagnostique
Limites du sujet:
Enfant
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Humains
langue:
Anglais
Texte intégral:
Braz. j. microbiol
Thème du journal:
Microbiologie
Année:
2009
Type:
Article
Pays d'affiliation:
Brésil
Institution/Pays d'affiliation:
Hospital Universitário Oswaldo Cruz/BR
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Universidade Federal de Pernambuco/BR
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