Does identification to species level provide sufficient evidence to confirm catheter-related fungemia caused by Candida albicans?. (October 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Escribano, Pilar; Guinea, Jesús; Marcos-Zambrano, Laura; Recio, Sandra; Peláez, Teresa; Rodríguez-Créixems, Marta; Muñoz, Patricia; Bouza, Emilio
• Is Part Of: Medical mycology. Volume 51:Number 7(2013)
• Page Start: 769
• Page End: 773
• Publication Date: 2013-10
• Subjects: Medical mycology -- Periodicals; Veterinary mycology -- Periodicals; Mycology -- Periodicals; Mycoses -- Periodicals; Pathogenic fungi -- Periodicals; 616.969005
• DOI: 10.3109/13693786.2013.803165
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1369-3786

Abstract

<abstract> <title>Abstract</title> <p>We retrospectively studied 22 patients with catheter-related candidemia caused by <italic>Candida albicans</italic>. Strains isolated simultaneously from blood and catheter tips were genotyped using six microsatellite markers. Matches between genotypes of isolates recovered from both sample sources were found in 20/22 (91%) patients. Consequently, identification of the same species from both the catheter tip and blood could be used to confirm catheter-related candidemia.</p> </abstract>