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| Carvalho,Mauricio; Guimarães,César Maistro; Mayer Júnior,José Ronaldo; Bordignon,Gisele P. Fernandes; Queiroz-Telles,Flávio. |
| Fungal urinary tract infections are an increasing problem in hospitalized patients. Funguria may be a result of contamination of the urine specimen, colonization of the urinary tract, or may be indicative of true invasive infection. In this study, we report the risk factors, clinical features, treatments and outcome in a group of 68 hospitalized patients (adults and children) with fungal isolates recovered from 103 urinary samples. Underlying medical conditions were present in most patients. In the pediatric group, urinary tract abnormalities (86%) and prematurity (19%) accounted for the majority of the cases. Diabetes mellitus (28%), nephrolithiasis, and benign prostatic hyperplasia were the most common diseases in adults. Indwelling urethral catheters... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Funguria; Candiduria; Fungal infections. |
| Ano: 2001 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702001000600004 |
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