Abstract
A total of 10 neonatal deaths occurred during a fatal outbreak of candidaemia in a NICU unit in a local hospital in the Brazilian Amazon, of which five occurred between 19 and 22 January 2013. Three of these deaths were due to late-onset sepsis and the other 2 deaths occurred less than 72 h after birth. Thirteen blood cultures positive for Candida species were identified in 7 infants, 10 of which grew C. albicans and 4 of which yielded Candida tropicalis. In 2 newborns, both species were detected. Four cases were considered to be persistent candidaemia. Analysis of 9 Candida isolates by PFGE revealed a polyclonal pattern of infection.
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de Oliveira, V. C. M., Saraceni, V., Safe, I. P., Martins, A. G., Ramos, T. C. A., de Souza, J. V. B., & Cordeiro-Santos, M. (2014). Fatal Outbreak of Polyclonal Candidemia in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 35(8), 1077–1079. https://doi.org/10.1086/677169
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