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ArticleBrazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology]2023

Candidemia in Brazilian neonatal intensive care units: risk factors, epidemiology, and antifungal resistance.

Carolina Maria da Silva, Ana Maria Rabelo de Carvalho, Danielle Patrícia Cerqueira Macêdo, Moacir Batista Jucá, Rosemary de Jesus Machado Amorim, Rejane Pereira Neves

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Article in Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology], 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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22citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Brazilian guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of candidemia and invasive candidiasis in adults and children.The Brazilian journal of infectious diseases : an official publication of the Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases
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  12. Candidemia caused by Candida haemulonii: a case report and literature review in neonates.Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo · 2025
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  13. The multidrug-resistantCurrent research in microbial sciences · 2025
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  19. Candida albicans and Antifungal Peptides.Infectious diseases and therapy · 2023
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  20. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Carolina Maria da SilvaMedical Course, University of Pernambuco, Gregório Ferraz Nogueira Avenue, José Tomé de Souza Ramos, Serra Talhada, PE, 56909-535, Brazil. carolina.silva@upe.br.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2680-9767
Ana Maria Rabelo de CarvalhoFrassinetti College of Recife, Recife, PE, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3416-4244
Danielle Patrícia Cerqueira MacêdoMycology Department, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5305-5545
Moacir Batista JucáNeonatal Intensive Care Unit, Agamenon Magalhães Hospital, Recife, PE, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3741-4197
Rosemary de Jesus Machado AmorimMaternal and Child Department, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0181-1596
Rejane Pereira NevesMycology Department, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4184-7366
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco · BRFaculdade Frassinetti do Recife · BRUniversidade de Pernambuco · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Candidemia is responsible for substantial morbidity and mortality in neonatal intensive care units and represents a challenge due to the complexity of hospitalized neonates, the deficiency in approved and precise diagnostic techniques, and the increasing number of species resistant to antifungal agents. Thus, the objective of this study was to detect candidemia among neonates evaluating the risk factors, epidemiology, and antifungal susceptibility. Blood samples were obtained from neonates with suspected septicemia, and the mycological diagnosis was based on yeast growth in culture. The fungal taxonomy was based on classic identification, automated system, and proteomic, when necessary molecular tools were used. The in vitro susceptibility tests were performed according to the broth microdilution method from Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute. Statistical analysis was performed using the R software version R-4.2.2. The prevalence of neonatal candidemia was 10.97%. The major risk factors involved were previous use of parenteral nutrition, exposure to broad-spectrum antibiotics, prematurity, and prior use central venous catheter, but only this last was statistically associated with mortality risk. Species from Candida parapsilosis complex and C. albicans were the most frequent. All isolates were susceptible to amphotericin B, except C. haemulonii that also exhibited elevated MICs to fluconazole. C. parapsilosis complex and C. glabrata exhibit the highest MICs to echinocandins. Considering these data, we emphasize that an effective management strategy to reduce the impact of neonatal candidemia should involve the knowledge of risk factors, rapid and precise mycological diagnostic, and tests of antifungal susceptibility to help in the selection of an appropriate treatment.

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CandidemiaAntifungal AgentsBrazilCandidaCandida albicansCandida glabrataCandida parapsilosisDrug Resistance, FungalFluconazoleHumansInfant, NewbornIntensive Care Units, NeonatalMicrobial Sensitivity TestsProteomicsRisk FactorsAntifungal AgentsFluconazoleAntifungal resistanceCandidemiaFungal infectionNeonates

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PMID36892755
PMCPMC10235359
OpenAlexW4323652310

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