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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Candidemia in nonneutropenic critically ill patients: Risk factors for non-albicans Candida spp. |
Author: | Playford, E. Marriott, D. Nguyen, Q. Chen, S. Ellis, D. Slavin, M. Sorrell, T. |
Citation: | Critical Care Medicine, 2008; 36(7):2034-2039 |
Publisher: | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |
Issue Date: | 2008 |
ISSN: | 0090-3493 1530-0293 |
Statement of Responsibility: | E. Geoffrey Playford, Deborah Marriott, Quoc Nguyen, Sharon Chen, David Ellis, Monica Slavin, Tania Sorrell |
Abstract: | <h4>Objective</h4>The objective of this study was to determine the clinical features associated with candidemia caused by non-albicans Candida spp. and with potentially fluconazole-resistant Candida spp. (C. glabrata and C. krusei) among candidemic intensive care unit patients.<h4>Design</h4>The authors conducted a nationwide prospective cohort study.<h4>Setting</h4>The study was conducted in Australian intensive care units.<h4>Patients</h4>All patients with intensive care unit-acquired candidemia over a 3-yr period were included in the study.<h4>Measurements</h4>Clinical risk factors occurring up to 30 days before candidemia, Candida spp. associated with candidemia, and outcomes were determined. Risk factors associated with either non-albicans Candida spp. or with potentially fluconazole-resistant Candida spp. (C. glabrata or C. krusei) were assessed using multivariate logistic regression.<h4>Main results</h4>Among 179 episodes of intensive care unit-acquired candidemia, C. albicans accounted for 62%, C. glabrata 18%, C. krusei 4%, and other Candida spp. 16%. Independently significant variables associated with non-albicans Candida bloodstream infection included recent prior gastrointestinal surgery (adjusted odds ratio, 2.87; 95% confidence interval, 1.68-4.91) and recent prior systemic antifungal exposure (4.6; 1.36-15.53). Those associated with potentially fluconazole-resistant candidemia included recent prior gastrointestinal surgery (3.31; 1.79-6.11) and recent prior fluconazole exposure (5.47; 1.23-24.32). No significant differences in outcomes were demonstrated for non-albicans or potentially fluconazole-resistant candidemia.<h4>Conclusions</h4>Among candidemic intensive care unit patients, prior gastrointestinal surgery and systemic antifungal exposure were significantly associated with both a non-albicans Candida spp. and a potentially fluconazole-resistant Candida spp. |
Keywords: | Candidemia candidiasis fungemia Candida risk factors intensive care unit. |
DOI: | 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181760f42 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/ccm.0b013e3181760f42 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest Microbiology and Immunology publications |
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