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- Title
Candida spp bloodstream infections in a Latin American Pediatric Oncology Reference Center: Epidemiology and associated factors.
- Authors
Paixao de Sousa da Silva, Adriana Maria; Moraes‐Pinto, Maria Isabel; Teofilo Pignati, Luara; Barbosa Teixeira, Bruno; Cordeiro Lima, Ana Paula; Costa Pimentel Germano, Priscila; Petrilli, Antonio Sergio; Marques, Leticia Maria Acioli; Carlesse, Fabianne
- Abstract
Summary: Background: Invasive fungal disease is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in immunosuppressed children. The recognition of patients at risk for candidaemia is paramount to a better prognosis. Objectives: To characterize Candida spp bloodstream infections (BSI) in a reference centre for paediatric oncology and to describe the most prevalent risk factors associated with candida infections. Patients/Methods: This is a retrospective cohort study carried out with paediatric patients followed up with at the Institute of Pediatric Oncology, Brazil, who presented positive blood culture for Candida spp from January 2004 to December 2016. Results: Ninety episodes of candidaemia were analysed; patients had a median age of 4.5 years, and 57.8% were males, with a diagnosis of solid tumours in 54.5% of cases. The most common Candida species were C albicans (35.6%), C parapsilosis (30.0%) and C tropicalis (16.7%). C tropicalis BSI was associated with neutropenia and skin lesions. Therapy was successful in 67.1% of the episodes. Older age and thrombocytopenia were associated with therapeutic failure. Death within 30 days occurred in 24.4% of patients; predictive factors were older age and admission to an ICU C parapsilosis candidaemia was a protective factor for death when compared to C albicans. Conclusion: The main species isolated were C albicans, C parapsilosis and C tropicalis. C tropicalis BSI was associated with neutropenia and skin lesions. The death rate was significant, and a worse prognosis was associated with older age, thrombocytopenia and admission to an ICU C parapsilosis infection proved to be a protective factor against mortality.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; TUMORS in children; CANDIDEMIA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANDIDA; MYCOSES; CANDIDIASIS
- Publication
Mycoses, 2020, Vol 63, Issue 8, p812
- ISSN
0933-7407
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/myc.13106