title: Fungaemia in hospitalized patients.
abstract: At various clinics of IRCCS S. Matteo Hospital, Pavia, Italy, 269 blood cultures recovered from immunocompromised patients over 4 years have been examined mycologically. Of the 269 cultures, 101 were from HIV-infected patients and five were from cardiac transplant recipients. Of the total examined 96 blood cultures were positive (36%). The most frequent genus was Candida: C. albicans (48%), C. tropicalis and C. parapsilosis (8% each), C. glabrata and C. guillermondii (3% each). Cryptococcus neoformans was detected in 21 patients (22%).
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microbiology, University of Pavia, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Perduca
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Marangoni
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Guanziroli
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Romero
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Filice
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002175:Candida / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002176:Candida albicans / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003453:Cryptococcosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016469:Fungemia / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006679:HIV Seropositivity; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D015994:Incidence; D007297:Inpatients; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology