Renata Baltar da Silva1, Rejane Pereira Neves2, Sylvia Lemos Hinrichsen3, Reginaldo Gonçalves de Lima-Neto4. 1. Hospital das Clínicas de Pernambuco (HC/PE), Brazil; Nucleus of Education, Research and Assistance in Infectious Diseases, HC/PE, Brazil. 2. Department of Mycology, Biosciences Center, Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Brazil; Department of Tropical Medicine, Center of Health Science, UFPE, Brazil; Nucleus of Education, Research and Assistance in Infectious Diseases, HC/PE, Brazil. 3. Department of Tropical Medicine, Center of Health Science, UFPE, Brazil; Nucleus of Education, Research and Assistance in Infectious Diseases, HC/PE, Brazil. 4. Department of Tropical Medicine, Center of Health Science, UFPE, Brazil; Nucleus of Education, Research and Assistance in Infectious Diseases, HC/PE, Brazil. Electronic address: reginaldo.limaneto@pq.cnpq.br.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Candidemia is a life-threatening fungal infection characterized by the presence of Candida in the blood. AIMS: To describe the clinical-epidemiological features and main risk factors among patients with candidemia admitted to Intensive Care Unit. METHODS: A cross-sectional, retrospective and observational study was performed between January 2015 and July 2016. Laboratory reports and medical records from ICU patients admitted to a public hospital in northeastern Brazil were analyzed. RESULTS: There were 1573 admissions and 67 of them were positive for candidemia. The majority of patients were male (53.3%) and remained at the hospital for more than seven days (86.6%). Non-C. albicansCandida infections (60%) were predominant. Broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy was prescribed in 98.4% of the cases. The most frequent underlying diseases were sepsis (73.3%), presence of solid tumors (15%), respiratory condition (60%), urinary tract disease (56.6%) and gastrointestinal tract diseases (23.3%). Surgeries were carried out on 43% of the patients, consisting of 23.3% abdominal surgeries, with a mortality rate of 92.8%. Risk factors were venous central access (93.3%), mechanical ventilation (81.6%), nasoenteral tube (83.3%), nasogastric tube (25%), indwelling bladder catheter (88.3%), diabetes mellitus (55%) and tracheostomy (36.6%). Statistical analysis correlated the use of indwelling bladder catheter with a higher mortality rate (r=0.07412, p=0.0353). CONCLUSIONS: The current study reveals the high case fatality rates among critically ill patients suffering from candidemia admitted to ICU. Herein, we highlight the importance of identifying non-C. albicansCandida species and reinforce the idea of carrying out epidemiological surveillances and antifungal susceptibility tests.
BACKGROUND:Candidemia is a life-threatening fungal infection characterized by the presence of Candida in the blood. AIMS: To describe the clinical-epidemiological features and main risk factors among patients with candidemia admitted to Intensive Care Unit. METHODS: A cross-sectional, retrospective and observational study was performed between January 2015 and July 2016. Laboratory reports and medical records from ICU patients admitted to a public hospital in northeastern Brazil were analyzed. RESULTS: There were 1573 admissions and 67 of them were positive for candidemia. The majority of patients were male (53.3%) and remained at the hospital for more than seven days (86.6%). Non-C. albicansCandida infections (60%) were predominant. Broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy was prescribed in 98.4% of the cases. The most frequent underlying diseases were sepsis (73.3%), presence of solid tumors (15%), respiratory condition (60%), urinary tract disease (56.6%) and gastrointestinal tract diseases (23.3%). Surgeries were carried out on 43% of the patients, consisting of 23.3% abdominal surgeries, with a mortality rate of 92.8%. Risk factors were venous central access (93.3%), mechanical ventilation (81.6%), nasoenteral tube (83.3%), nasogastric tube (25%), indwelling bladder catheter (88.3%), diabetes mellitus (55%) and tracheostomy (36.6%). Statistical analysis correlated the use of indwelling bladder catheter with a higher mortality rate (r=0.07412, p=0.0353). CONCLUSIONS: The current study reveals the high case fatality rates among critically illpatients suffering from candidemia admitted to ICU. Herein, we highlight the importance of identifying non-C. albicansCandida species and reinforce the idea of carrying out epidemiological surveillances and antifungal susceptibility tests.
Authors: Ana Emília M Roberto; Danilo E Xavier; Esteban E Vidal; Cláudia Fernanda de L Vidal; Rejane P Neves; Reginaldo G de Lima-Neto Journal: Microorganisms Date: 2020-01-13