| The yeast Candida is the fourth most common cause of
hospital-related bloodstream infections. Forty percent of patients who have had Candida
isolated from their intravenous catheters have underlying fungemia, and the case-fatality
rate for catheter-related candidemia approaches 40%. Although C. albicans is
the most commonly isolated yeast, other species are found with increasing frequency,
including C. parapsilosis. C. parapsilosis particularly affects
critically ill neonates and surgical intensive care unit (ICU) patients, likely because of
its association with parenteral nutrition and central lines. The affinity of C.
parapsilosis for foreign material is shown by infections related to peritoneal
dialysis catheters and prosthetic heart valves), and this characteristic may be important
in infections of cancer patients with indwelling access devices. C. parapsilosis
is increasingly responsible for hospital outbreaks, and the hands of healthcare workers
may be the predominant environmental source.
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Drug overuse may make yeast infections harder to treat
About 75 per cent of all women between 18 and 35 will experience at least one
yeast infection caused by Candida albicans, one of the most common types of yeast
fungus.
Antimicrob Agents Chemotherapy, Sept, 2000
Transcriptional analyses of antifungal drug resistance in Candida albicans
Oral infections with the pathogenic yeast Candida albicans are one of the most frequent
and earliest opportunistic infections in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients.
HIV and Hepatitis, August, 1999
Preventive
Therapy with Diflucan Breeds Drug-Resistant Fungus in Women
Women with HIV infection using the drug Diflucan (fluconazole) to prevent fungal
infections experience a decrease in Candida albicans, but also an increase in other
Candida infections, notably Candida glabrata, according to study results appearing in the
a recent issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases.
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