title: [Persistence and variability of yeasts isolated from hospitalized patients: a comparison of results from Rostock and Dresden].
abstract: We investigated the yeast colonizations of hospitalized patients at time of the admission to hospital (< or = 3d; 1161 patients) and during stay in hospital (> 3d-several months; 568 patients). At admission to hospital 58% of patients had yeasts in one of the investigated specimens. During stay in hospital the part of patients with yeasts increased up to 81.7%. We established remarkable differences in proof of yeasts in patients of different area of risk. The spectrum of yeasts of the patients in Rostock and Dresden shows a similar shift in frequency of the different Candida species. C. albicans was the predominant yeast. But during hospitalization we saw an elevation of patients with C. glabrata infection from 7.4 to 22.5% and C. krusei infection from 2.8% to 11.8%. There were a remarkable correlation to the area of risk. In 30.8% of the patients we observed a change in yeast spectrum: from negative cultures to positive specimens or from one Candida species to another one.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie der Universität Rostock, BR Deutschland.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Kaben
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Blaschke-Hellmessen
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hellwig
mesh_terms: D002175:Candida / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002176:Candida albicans / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients; D012307:Risk Factors