title: The role of Candida surveillance cultures for identification of a preterm subpopulation at highest risk for invasive fungal infection.
abstract: Candida surveillance cultures were obtained from 51 neonatal intensive care unit patients. Sixteen infants showing positive cultures developed subsequent Candida infection, whereas it did not occur for the 35 infants with negative cultures. Fifteen of 16 infants (<1000 g) had <27 weeks of gestational age. Antifungal treatment was started at the time colonization was detected; only 1 infant died of Candida infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Policlinico A. Gemelli, Università Cattolica S. Cuore, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Valentina
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vendettuoli
authors.forename: Milena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tana
authors.forename: Chiara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tirone
authors.forename: Brunella
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Posteraro
authors.forename: Marilena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: La Sorda
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fadda
authors.forename: Costantino
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Romagnoli
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vento
mesh_terms: D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002175:Candida / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality; D019102:Infant, Very Low Birth Weight; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D015997:Neonatal Screening; D012307:Risk Factors; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents