title: [Epidemiology of fungaemia in a paediatric hospital of high complexity].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  A retrospective study on the epidemiology of fungaemia due to yeasts of medical importance at the Hospital Nacional de Pediatría Prof. Dr. J. Garrahan, Buenos Aires was conducted between September 2001 and September 2003.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To learn the distribution of yeast species and to evaluate their in vitro antifungal susceptibility profile.
  
  
  METHODS
  The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) was determined according to the CLSI M27-A2 procedure, and time kill curves against amphotericin B were also performed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The species isolated were Candida parapsilosis (32.6% of isolates); Candida albicans (26.5%), Candida tropicalis (24.5%), and other yeasts (16.4%). Candida isolates were susceptible to the antifungals evaluated, but amphotericin B-tolerant isolates were detected using time kill curves.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Nacional de Pediatría, Dr. J.P. Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina. bernabesa@yahoo.com.ar
authors.forename: Patricia Ester
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: Susana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Córdoba
authors.forename: Alfonso
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Carrillo-Muñoz
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rodero
authors.forename: Etelvina
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rubeglio
authors.forename: Marcelo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Soria
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D016469:Fungemia / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies