Nosocomial candidemia in the Czech Republic in 2012–2015: results of a microbiological multicentre study
Authors:
I. Kocmanová 1; P. Lysková 2,3; V. Chrenkova 4; P. Olišarová 5; R. Dobiáš 3,6; H. Janouškovcová 7; H. Soukupová 8; N. Mallátová 9; L. Svobodová 3; P. Hamal 3; M. Skružná 10; N. Bartoníková 11
Authors‘ workplace:
Oddělení klinické mikrobiologie, FN Brno
1; Laboratoř mykologie a TBC, odd. parazitologie, mykologie a mykobakteriologie, Zdravotní ústav se sídlem v Ústí nad Labem
2; Ústav mikrobiologie, LF UP v Olomouci
3; Ústav lékařské mikrobiologie, 2. LF UK a FN Motol, Praha
4; Ústav lékařské biochemie a laboratorní diagnostiky Všeobecné fakultní nemocnice a 1. LF UK v Praze, Klinická mikrobiologie a ATB centrum
5; Laboratoř klinické mykologie, odd. bakteriologie a mykologie, Zdravotní ústav se sídlem v Ostravě
6; Ústav mikrobiologie, FN Plzeň
7; Ústav lékařské mikrobiologie, 3. LF UK a FN Královské Vinohrady, Praha
8; Pracoviště parazitologie a mykologie, Centrální laboratoře Nemocnice České Budějovice
9; Oddělení klinické mikrobiologie, Pracoviště laboratorních metod, Institut Klinické a Experimentální Medicíny, Praha
10; Oddělení lékařské mikrobiologie, Krajská nemocnice T. Bati ve Zlíně
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Published in:
Epidemiol. Mikrobiol. Imunol. 67, 2018, č. 1, s. 3-10
Category:
Original Papers
Overview
Background:
Candidemia is a severe and often life-threatening infection frequently occurring in critically ill patients. During the last decade, new therapeutic and prophylactic strategies influenced (at least in some patient subgroups) the epidemiological situation and the spectrum of causative Candida strains. The present multicentre study aimed to assess the current epidemiological situation of Candida strains causing invasive candidiasis (IC) in patients of tertiary care hospitals in the Czech Republic.
Material and methods:
Clinical and microbiological data on patients with bloodstream yeast isolates collected in 11 tertiary care hospitals in the Czech Republic between 2012 and 2015 were analysed. The incidence of cases and species distribution were assessed by study year, age, and specialty. Moreover, an association with the Candida colonization and presence of toxigenic strains of Clostridium difficile in stool prior to blood culture positivity was analysed. For some of the strains, minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of systemic antifungals were determined using standard methods.
Results:
A total of 886 episodes of candidemia (921 yeast strains) were identified during the study period. The overall incidence per 1000 admissions was 0.40 (range 0.21–1.22 depending on the hospital). Almost half of the isolates belonged to the species Candida albicans (49.7 %), followed by Candida glabrata (15.3 %) and Candida parapsilosis (11.2 %). Non-albicans species of Candida significantly predominated in oncology wards (71.6 %) as compared to surgery (40.4 %) or internal medicine (52.0 %) departments. More than 70.0 % of patients stayed in intensive care units at the time of positive culture; in 65.0 % of patients, colonization with the same yeast species preceded blood culture positivity. In only 5.1 % of all patients, the previous presence of toxigenic strains of Clostridium difficile in stool was found. Fifty-six of the 921 yeast strains were tested for antifungal susceptibility, with an increase in MICs to azoles being observed for C. glabrata.
Conclusion:
The incidence of candidemia in the Czech Republic did not vary significantly between 2012 and 2015, and C. glabrata was the second most common yeast species after C. albicans isolated from blood.
Keywords:
epidemiology – candidemia – incidence – antifungal susceptibility testing
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