%0 Journal Article
%T Cluster of Candida parapsilosis primary bloodstream infection in a neonatal intensive care unit
%A Silva
%A Carmem L¨²cia P. da
%A Santos
%A Rosana M. R. dos
%A Colombo
%A Arnaldo Lopes
%J Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
%D 2001
%I Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases
%R 10.1590/S1413-86702001000100005
%X 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.
%K candidemia
%K nosocomial infections
%K neonate.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1413-86702001000100005&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en