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Candida albicans outbreak associated with total parenteral nutrition in the neonatal unit

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2016-04-01
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Güdücüoğlu, Hüseyin
Gultepe, BİLGE
OTLU, BARIŞ
BEKTAS, A.
YILDIRIM, OĞUZHAN
Tuncer, Oğuz
BERKTAS, M.
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Background: The most frequently isolated fungi in patients using TPN belongs to the Candida genus. Various infections including venous catheter infections, fungemia, endocarditis and ophthalmitis may be encountered. Objective: Upon growth of Candida in the blood cultures from the pediatric (neonatal) unit of our hospital, a surveillance was performed in this unit and involving the health care workers. Clonal relationships of the isolates were investigated with molecular tests. Methods: Blood samples obtained from the patients in pediatric neonatal unit were studied with automatized blood culture [BacT/Alert (Bio Merioux, France)]. Yeast isolates from environmental surveillance cultures (TPN solutions, hands of healthcare personnel, etagere, etc) and patients were identified as C. albicans with conventional methods and ID 32 C and ATB (TM) Fungus 3 (Biomerieux, France) kits. Clonal similarity was determined by using AP-PCR as initial method and we have also typified all strains by the method of REP-PCR (diversilab system, bioMerieux). Finally; Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis (PFGE) was used for confirmation. Results: C. albicans was isolated in blood cultures of seven patients. Similar antifungal susceptibility patterns were observed in all isolates. AP-PCR and REP-PCR showed that the C. albicans isolates grown in the TPN solution and from the patients- blood cultures were clonally same strains. PFGE analysis further confirmed this clonality. Conclusion: According to results of the molecular methods, we thought that a C. albicans outbreak had occurred in the neonatal pediatric unit, due to contamination of TPN solution.
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Güdücüoğlu H., Gultepe B., OTLU B., BEKTAS A., YILDIRIM O., Tuncer O., BERKTAS M., -Candida albicans outbreak associated with total parenteral nutrition in the neonatal unit-, INDIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY, cilt.34, ss.202-207, 2016
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