Candidal urinary tract infections caused by non-albicans Candida species.
The incidence of non-albicans Candida and non-Candida species isolated from the urine of patients admitted to various departments of the Faculty Hospital of the Medical Faculty of Safárik University in Kosice was examined. From a total of 94 samples of analyzed urine 58 strains of C. albicans and 36 strains of yeasts belonging to 6 species of non-albicans Candida and non-Candida spp. were detected: C. parapsilosis (n = 23), C. tropicalis (6), C. krusei (3), C. robusta (2), C. catenulata (1) and Cryptococcus neoformans (1). In relation to the diagnosis, the yeasts were isolated from patients suffering from a kidneys disease, epididymitis, diabetes, neoplastic diseases, urogenital anomalies, obstructive uropathy, cystitis, prostatitis, hemolytic-uremic syndrome, and others.
Dorko
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Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Safárik University, 040 66 Kosice, Slovakia.
Pilipcinec
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Tkáciková
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D002175:Candida / Q000145:classification / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases; D008297:Male; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000382:microbiology*