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Provedor de dados: 	55	
País: 	Brazil	
Título: 	Cluster of Candida parapsilosis primary bloodstream infection in a neonatal intensive care unit	
Autores: 	Silva,Carmem Lúcia P. da; Santos,Rosana M. R. dos; Colombo,Arnaldo Lopes.	
Data: 	2001-02-01	
Ano: 	2001	
Palavras-chave: 	Candidemia; Nosocomial infections; Neonate.	
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.	
Tipo: 	Info:eu-repo/semantics/article	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702001000100005	
Editor: 	Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases	
Relação: 	10.1590/S1413-86702001000100005	
Formato: 	text/html	
Fonte: 	Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases  v.5 n.1 2001	
Fonte: 	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess