A Retrospective Study of Funguria.
- Author:
Hae Kyung LEE
;
Yeonjoon PARK
;
Yong Goo KIM
;
Kyung Ja HAN
;
Lee So MAENG
;
Eun jung LEE
;
Sang In SHIM
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
funguria;
C. albicans;
fungemia
- MeSH:
Candida albicans;
Candidemia;
Fungemia;
Fungi;
Humans;
Incidence;
Neurosurgery;
Retrospective Studies*;
Trichosporon;
Urinary Tract Infections;
Yeasts
- From:Korean Journal of Nosocomial Infection Control
1998;3(1):49-55
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
BACKGROUND: The incidence of fungal urinary tract infections has increased in the immunocompromized patients. We analyzed urine culture results of St. Mary's Hospital during 28 month period between October 1993 and January 1996 to evaluate the frequency of yeast isolates and to survey the distribution of departments from where yeasts isolated. METHODS: We performed a retrospective analysis of urine culture results. Yeasts were identified by the examination of germ tube production in human serum at 37degrees C and API2OC (BioMerieux, France) yeast strip. RESULT: A total of 1,387 urine cultures were reviewed, of which 164 (11.8%) were isolated as fungi. Candida albicans occurred in 36.5% of the total yeast isolates, C. tropicalis in 35.3%, C. glabrata in 10.9% and Trichosporon beigelii in 0.6%. The incidence of urinary fungal infection increased in 1995 (13.0%) than 1994 (9.1%) (P=0.047). Fifty two percents (85/164) of urinary fungi were isolated from patients in Neurosurgery (NS), where isolation of C. tropicalis was significantly more increased than other departments. In four patients, candiduria progressed to candidemia, which were caused by C. albicans (three patients) and C. glabrata (1 patient). CONCLUSIONS: The isolation rate of yeast species was different in NS and non-NS department. The frequency of isolation of C. albicans increased in non-NS department than NS department, while the frequency of isolation of C. tropicalis increased in NS department than non-NS department. The most common organism was C. albicans and department was Neurosurgery.
