title: Colonization of hospitalized patients with yeast-like organisms.
abstract: The pharyngeal, fecal and skin carrier rates of yeast-like organisms was determined in 126 patients on the day of admission to a larger Veterans Administration Hospital. None of these patients had been hospitalized or received anti-microbial agents during the previous year Candida and Torulopsis species were most common. A small percentage of patients were carriers of various species belonging to the genera Trichosporon, Rhodotorula, Saccharomyces, Leucosporidium and Endomycopsis. Fifty of the original 126 patients remained hospitalized for a sufficient duration to permit repeat cultures on days 7 and 14. Twenty-five of these patients served as controls and did not receive antibiotics; the other 25 received at least a 4-day course of antibiotic therapy for an underlying infection. Although there was no significant difference in the carrier rates in these 2 groups, organisms other than Candida continued to be isolated from the 50 patients who remained hospitalized for 2 weeks.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002175:Candida; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000382:microbiology; D002353:Carrier State / Q000382:microbiology; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009181:Mycoses / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D010361:Patients; D010614:Pharynx / Q000382:microbiology; D012248:Rhodotorula; D012867:Skin / Q000382:microbiology