Oesophageal candidosis in intensive care patients.
We conducted upper intestinoscopies in 124 intensive care patients, six of whom had oesophageal candidosis. Of these, two also had Candida plaque in the stomach. The patients at the intensive care unit (ICU) had a mean Apache-II score of 26.7; whereas the score was 29.5 in patients with Candida oesophagitis. A significant increase of Candida antibodies was found in 59 of 124 patients (47.6%), including all patients with oesophageal candidosis. Presumably, mycotic infections of other sites were present. The severity by which mucous membranes were affected correlated well with microscopically evident invasiveness.
Bernhardt
J
J
Department of Endoscopy/Sonography, Clinic for Surgery, Ernst Moritz Arndt University, Friedrich Loeffler Str. 23b, D-17487 Greifswald, Germany.
Zimmermann
K
K
Schulz
K
K
Knoke
M
M
Bernhardt
H
H
D002175:Candida / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D004935:Esophageal Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008297:Male