Epidemiology of nosocomial candidaemia in a university hospital: A 12-year study
dc.contributor.buuauthor | Gürcüoğlu, Emel | |
dc.contributor.buuauthor | Ener, Beyza | |
dc.contributor.buuauthor | Akalın, Halis | |
dc.contributor.buuauthor | Sınırtaş, Melda | |
dc.contributor.buuauthor | Evci, Canan | |
dc.contributor.buuauthor | Akçağlar, Sevim | |
dc.contributor.buuauthor | Yılmaz, Emel | |
dc.contributor.buuauthor | Heper, Yasemin | |
dc.contributor.department | Uludağ Üniversitesi/Tıp Fakültesi/Enfeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Anabilim Dalı. | tr_TR |
dc.contributor.orcid | 0000-0002-4803-8206 | tr_TR |
dc.contributor.orcid | 0000-0002-4759-9634 | tr_TR |
dc.contributor.researcherid | AAU-8952-2020 | tr_TR |
dc.contributor.researcherid | AAG-8523-2021 | tr_TR |
dc.contributor.researcherid | AAH-6506-2021 | tr_TR |
dc.contributor.scopusid | 24502872100 | tr_TR |
dc.contributor.scopusid | 15053025300 | tr_TR |
dc.contributor.scopusid | 57207553671 | tr_TR |
dc.contributor.scopusid | 6505818048 | tr_TR |
dc.contributor.scopusid | 22034011200 | tr_TR |
dc.contributor.scopusid | 6506194958 | tr_TR |
dc.contributor.scopusid | 22037135100 | tr_TR |
dc.contributor.scopusid | 56191003300 | tr_TR |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-12-30T06:52:24Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-12-30T06:52:24Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2010-09 | |
dc.description.abstract | The incidence of nosocomial candidaemia was evaluated in a retrospective study in a Turkish tertiary-care hospital. Over a 12-year period (1996-2007), a total of 743 episodes of candidaemia occurred in 743 patients, accounting for an average incidence of 1.9 episodes/1000 admissions and 2.9 episodes/10000 patient-days per year. The annual incidence was almost constant during the study period except for 1996 when it was significantly higher in comparison with other years (P < 0.05). The most common species isolated was Candida albicans (45%), followed by C. parapsilosis (26%), C. tropicalis (7%), C. krusei (7%), and C. glabrata (3.5%). A significant increase in C. albicans isolates causing candidaemia linked to a decrease in C. parapsilosis isolates in adult patients and C. krusei isolates in children was found between the two 6-year study periods. This trend reflects improved infection control at Uludag University Hospital. Ninety percent of isolates were susceptible to fluconazole (<= 8 mu g/ml) and resistance was found only in C. glabrata and C. parapsilosis isolates. Regular local surveillance of Candida spp. is important in order to develop empirical treatment protocols to reduce the incidence and mortality of candidaemia. | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Gürcüoğlu, E. vd. (2010). "Epidemiology of nosocomial candidaemia in a university hospital: A 12-year study". Epidemiology and Infection, 138(9), 1328-1335. | en_US |
dc.identifier.endpage | 1335 | tr_TR |
dc.identifier.issn | 0950-2688 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1469-4409 | |
dc.identifier.issue | 9 | tr_TR |
dc.identifier.pubmed | 20056017 | tr_TR |
dc.identifier.scopus | 2-s2.0-77956632184 | tr_TR |
dc.identifier.startpage | 1328 | tr_TR |
dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1017/S0950268809991531 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20056017/ | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11452/23750 | |
dc.identifier.volume | 138 | tr_TR |
dc.identifier.wos | 000281275300016 | tr_TR |
dc.indexed.pubmed | Pubmed | en_US |
dc.indexed.scopus | Scopus | en_US |
dc.indexed.wos | SCIE | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Cambridge Univ | en_US |
dc.relation.journal | Epidemiology and Infection | en_US |
dc.relation.publicationcategory | Makale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi | tr_TR |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess | en_US |
dc.subject | Candidaemia | en_US |
dc.subject | Epidemiology | en_US |
dc.subject | Nosocomial | en_US |
dc.subject | University hospital | en_US |
dc.subject | Blood-stream infections | en_US |
dc.subject | Antifungal susceptibility | en_US |
dc.subject | Risk-factors | en_US |
dc.subject | Candidemia | en_US |
dc.subject | Fluconazole | en_US |
dc.subject | Surveillance | en_US |
dc.subject | Albicans | en_US |
dc.subject | Krusei | en_US |
dc.subject | Public, environmental & occupational health | en_US |
dc.subject | Infectious diseases | en_US |
dc.subject.emtree | Fluconazole | en_US |
dc.subject.emtree | Antifungal agent | en_US |
dc.subject.emtree | Adult | en_US |
dc.subject.emtree | Age distribution | en_US |
dc.subject.emtree | Antifungal susceptibility | en_US |
dc.subject.emtree | Article | en_US |
dc.subject.emtree | Candida albicans | en_US |
dc.subject.emtree | Candida glabrata | en_US |
dc.subject.emtree | Candida krusei | en_US |
dc.subject.emtree | Candida parapsilosis | en_US |
dc.subject.emtree | Candida tropicalis | en_US |
dc.subject.emtree | Candidemia | en_US |
dc.subject.emtree | Child | en_US |
dc.subject.emtree | Controlled study | en_US |
dc.subject.emtree | Disease surveillance | en_US |
dc.subject.emtree | Epidemiological data | en_US |
dc.subject.emtree | Fungus isolation | en_US |
dc.subject.emtree | Hospital infection | en_US |
dc.subject.emtree | Human | en_US |
dc.subject.emtree | Infection control | en_US |
dc.subject.emtree | Nonhuman | en_US |
dc.subject.emtree | Retrospective study | en_US |
dc.subject.emtree | Species distribution | en_US |
dc.subject.emtree | Tertiary health care | en_US |
dc.subject.emtree | Trend study | en_US |
dc.subject.emtree | Turkey (republic) | en_US |
dc.subject.emtree | University hospital | en_US |
dc.subject.emtree | Candida | en_US |
dc.subject.emtree | Candidiasis | en_US |
dc.subject.emtree | Chi square distribution | en_US |
dc.subject.emtree | Classification | en_US |
dc.subject.emtree | Cross infection | en_US |
dc.subject.emtree | Incidence | en_US |
dc.subject.emtree | Isolation and purification | en_US |
dc.subject.emtree | Longitudinal study | en_US |
dc.subject.emtree | Microbiological examination | en_US |
dc.subject.emtree | Microbiology | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Antifungal agents | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Candida | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Candidiasis | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Chi square distribution | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Cross infection | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Hospitals | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | University | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Humans | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Incidence | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Longitudinal studies | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Microbial sensitivity tests | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Retrospective studies | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Turkey | en_US |
dc.subject.scopus | Candidemia; Invasive Candidiasis; Candida Parapsilosis | en_US |
dc.subject.wos | Public, environmental & occupational health | en_US |
dc.subject.wos | Infectious diseases | en_US |
dc.title | Epidemiology of nosocomial candidaemia in a university hospital: A 12-year study | en_US |
dc.type | Article | |
dc.wos.quartile | Q3 (Infectious Diseases) | en_US |
dc.wos.quartile | Q2 (Public, Environmental & Occupational Health) | en_US |
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