Leonardo Siri1, Paulette Legarraga2, Patricia García2, Tamara González3, Ricardo Rabagliati1. 1. Departamento de Enfermedades Infecciosas del Adulto, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile, rabagli@med.puc.cl. 2. Departamento de Laboratorios Clínicos, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile. 3. Laboratorio de Microbiología, Servicio de Laboratorios Clínicos, Red de Salud UC-CHRISTUS, Santiago, Chile.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Invasive Candida spp. infections have been described more frequently. AIM: To characterize the epidemiological data of candidemia in recent years. METHODS: A retrospective study of adult patients in a University Hospital in Santiago, Chile, with 1 or more documented episodes of candidemia, from January 2000 to December 2013. RESULTS: One hundred and twenty episodes of candidemia were identified in 120 patients, annual incidence of 0.4 cases per 1000 discharges, 53.3% were male patients, 58.3% > 60 years, 77,5% had at least one co-morbidity. Candida albicans was the species most frequently identified 55%, followed by C. glabrata 18.3%, C. tropicalis 11.7% and C. parapsilosis 9.2%. Comparing 2000-2006 vs 2007-2013, increased the frequency of C. parapsilosis among non-albicans and echinocandins prescription. Patients with C. albicans showed higher APACHE-II, more requirement for invasive mechanical ventilation, greater association with CVC, and shorter incubation time compared with non-albicans species. The 30-day mortality was 31.7%. CONCLUSIONS: During this 14-years period we observed that C. albicans was the predominant specie and more recently a change among C. non-albicans increasing C. parapsilosis and decreasing C. glabrata 30-days and attributable mortality decreased together with more echinocandins prescription.
BACKGROUND: Invasive Candida spp. infections have been described more frequently. AIM: To characterize the epidemiological data of candidemia in recent years. METHODS: A retrospective study of adult patients in a University Hospital in Santiago, Chile, with 1 or more documented episodes of candidemia, from January 2000 to December 2013. RESULTS: One hundred and twenty episodes of candidemia were identified in 120 patients, annual incidence of 0.4 cases per 1000 discharges, 53.3% were male patients, 58.3% > 60 years, 77,5% had at least one co-morbidity. Candida albicans was the species most frequently identified 55%, followed by C. glabrata 18.3%, C. tropicalis 11.7% and C. parapsilosis 9.2%. Comparing 2000-2006 vs 2007-2013, increased the frequency of C. parapsilosis among non-albicans and echinocandins prescription. Patients with C. albicans showed higher APACHE-II, more requirement for invasive mechanical ventilation, greater association with CVC, and shorter incubation time compared with non-albicans species. The 30-day mortality was 31.7%. CONCLUSIONS: During this 14-years period we observed that C. albicans was the predominant specie and more recently a change among C. non-albicans increasing C. parapsilosis and decreasing C. glabrata 30-days and attributable mortality decreased together with more echinocandins prescription.
Authors: D K B Rodrigues; L X Bonfietti; R A Garcia; M R Araujo; J S Rodrigues; V M F Gimenes; M S C Melhem Journal: Braz J Med Biol Res Date: 2021-06-14 Impact factor: 2.590