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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 1999, p. 1584-1586, Vol. 37, No. 5
0095-1137/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Microbiological Characteristics of Yeasts Isolated from Urinary Tracts of Intensive Care Unit Patients Undergoing Urinary Catheterization

N. Febré,1,2,* V. Silva,3,4 E. A. S. Medeiros,2 S. B. Wey,2 A. L. Colombo,5 and O. Fischman4

Escuela de Enfermería,1 and Microbiología---Micología, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas,3 Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile, and Serviço de Prevenção e Controle de Infecções Hospitalares, Hospital São Paulo e Departamento de Doenças Infecciosas e Parasitarias,2 Laboratorio Especial de Micologia, Departamento de Doenças Infecciosas e Parasitarias,5 and Disciplina de Biología Celular, Departamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia,4 Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Received 8 June 1998/Returned for modification 20 July 1998/Accepted 16 January 1999

We studied 70 intensive care unit patients to determine the incidence of nosocomial candiduria associated with indwelling urinary catheters and to assess microbiological characteristics of the yeasts. The yeasts were isolated, 13 of 17 in urine cultures and 4 of 17 in blood cultures, and colonization had occurred 3 days after the insertion of indwelling urinary catheters. For four strains the MICs of the antifungal drugs were high.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Escuela de Enfermería, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Condell 303, Providencia, Santiago, Chile. Phone: 56-2-2047848, ext. 15. Fax: 56-2-2047848, ext. 42. E-mail: nfebre{at}machi.med.uchile.cl.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 1999, p. 1584-1586, Vol. 37, No. 5
0095-1137/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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