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| Provedor de dados: |
BJID
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| País: |
Brazil
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| Título: |
Cluster of Candida parapsilosis primary bloodstream infection in a neonatal intensive care unit
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| Autores: |
Silva,Carmem Lúcia P. da
Santos,Rosana M. R. dos
Colombo,Arnaldo Lopes
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| Data: |
2001-02-01
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| Ano: |
2001
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| Palavras-chave: |
Candidemia
Nosocomial infections
Neonate
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| Resumo: |
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.
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| Tipo: |
Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702001000100005
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| Editor: |
Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases
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| Relação: |
10.1590/S1413-86702001000100005
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| Formato: |
text/html
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| Fonte: |
Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases v.5 n.1 2001
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| Direitos: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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