Outbreak of Candida bloodstream infections associated with retrograde medication administration in a neonatal intensive care unit

An outbreak of candidemia involving five infants receiving total parenteral nutrition in the neonatal intensive care unit was investigated. Cultures of the intravenous fluids demonstrated that the retrograde medication syringe fluids were significantly more likely to be contaminated with Candida tha...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Journal of pediatrics 1992-03, Vol.120 (3), p.455-461
Hauptverfasser:	Sherertz, Robert J., Gledhill, Kate S., Hampton, Kenneth D., Pfaller, Michael A., Givner, Laurence B., Abramson, Jon S., Dillard, Robert G.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy Biological and medical sciences Candida - isolation & purification Candidiasis - epidemiology Candidiasis - transmission Cross Infection - epidemiology Disease Outbreaks Emergency and intensive care: neonates and children. Prematurity. Sudden death Environmental Microbiology Equipment Contamination Fungemia - epidemiology Fungemia - transmission Humans Infant, Newborn Intensive care medicine Intensive Care Units, Neonatal Medical sciences Parenteral Nutrition, Total - adverse effects Syringes
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Zusammenfassung:	An outbreak of candidemia involving five infants receiving total parenteral nutrition in the neonatal intensive care unit was investigated. Cultures of the intravenous fluids demonstrated that the retrograde medication syringe fluids were significantly more likely to be contaminated with Candida than were other fluids being administered to the infants ( p
ISSN:	0022-3476 1097-6833
DOI:	10.1016/S0022-3476(05)80920-5