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Genotyping and Antifungal Susceptibility of Dipodascus capitatus Isolated in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of a Sicilian Hospital

2017

In August 2015, Dipodascus capitatus was isolated from two patients admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit. Nosocomial acquisition of the fungus was suspected and epidemiological studies were undertaken. The patients were simultaneously hospitalized, and the comparison of the two isolates by two independent molecular typing methods have confirmed clonal dissemination of a single strain of D. capitatus. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing was useful for identifying the appropriated antifungal therapy in micafungin. To our knowledge these are the first described cases of neonatal D. capitatus infection and also the first report of successful treatment by micafungin.

0301 basic medicineAntifungalGenotypingPediatricsmedicine.medical_specialtyClonal disseminationNeonatal intensive care unitmedicine.drug_class030106 microbiologyDipodascus03 medical and health sciencesEpidemiologymedicineDipodascus capitatuAntifungal SusceptibilityDipodascus capitatusGenotypingBiochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology (all)biologyMedicine (all)MicafunginAntifungal Susceptibility; Dipodascus capitatus; Genotyping; Nosocomial Acquisition; Cross Infection; Dipodascus; Female; Genotype; Hospitals; Humans; Infant; Infant Newborn; Intensive Care Units Neonatal; Male; Mycoses; Sicily; Medicine (all); Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology (all)biology.organism_classificationNosocomial AcquisitionAntifungal Susceptibility; Dipodascus capitatus; Genotyping; Nosocomial Acquisition; Medicine (all); Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology (all)medicine.drug
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Epidemiology of invasive candidiasis in a surgical intensive care unit: an observational study

2015

Background: Invasive candidiasis (IC) is a frequent and life-threatening infection in critically ill patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate the epidemiology of IC and the antifungal susceptibility of etiological agents in patients admitted to our surgical intensive care unit (SICU) in Spain. Methods: We designed a prospective, observational, single center, population-based study in a SICU. We included all consecutive adult patients (≥18 years old) who had documented IC, either on admission or during their stay, between January 2012 and December 2013. Results: There were a total of 22 episodes of IC in the 1149 patients admitted during the 24-month study. The overall IC incidence wa…

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