Microbiological characteristics of yeasts isolated from urinary tracts of intensive care unit patients undergoing urinary catheterization

Authors
Febre, N Silva, V Medeiros, EAS Wey, SB Colombo, AL Fischman, O
Citation
N. Febre et al., Microbiological characteristics of yeasts isolated from urinary tracts of intensive care unit patients undergoing urinary catheterization, J CLIN MICR, 37(5), 1999, pp. 1584-1586
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Immunolgy & Infectious Disease",Microbiology
Journal title
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY
ISSN journal
00951137 → ACNP
Volume
37
Issue
5
Year of publication
1999
Pages
1584 - 1586
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(199905)37:5<1584:MCOYIF>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
We studied 70 intensive care unit patients to determine the incidence of no socomial candiduria associated with indwelling urinary catheters and to ass ess microbiological characteristics of the yeasts. The yeasts were isolated , 13 of 17 in urine cultures and 4 of 17 in blood cultures, and colonizatio n had occurred 3 days after the insertion of indwelling urinary catheters. For four strains the MICs of the antifungal drugs were high.