title: Microbiological characteristics of yeasts isolated from urinary tracts of intensive care unit patients undergoing urinary catheterization.
abstract: 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.
authors: Escuela de Enfermería, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile. nfebre@machi.med.uchile.cl
authors: N
authors: N
authors: Febré
authors: V
authors: V
authors: Silva
authors: E A
authors: EA
authors: Medeiros
authors: S B
authors: SB
authors: Wey
authors: A L
authors: AL
authors: Colombo
authors: O
authors: O
authors: Fischman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors; D014546:Urinary Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014551:Urinary Tract / Q000382:microbiology*; D015003:Yeasts / Q000302:isolation & purification*