Non-albicans shape Candida species isolated from plastic devices

In this work we point out an occurrence of non-albicans Candida species iso lated from catheters, cannulas and drains. We detected eight non-albicans C andida species in 49 examined samples: C. parapsilosis (n = 26), C. tropica lis (n = 12), C. krusei (n = 4), C. claussenii, C. mesenterica (n = 2 for e ach), C. guilliermondii, C. kefyr and C. lusitaniae (n = 1 for each). Mater ial examined from children hospitalized in intensive care units was the mos t frequent. Eight samples were from the oncology department, seven from the surgery department, six from the anaesthesiology department, four from the dialysis unit, two from the hematology department, one from the internal m edicine department and one from the stomatology department. We examined can nula scraping 26 times (53%), catheter scraping 14 times (28.6%) and drain scraping nine times (18.4%).