Candida utilis: A Rare Cause of Septicemia in Two Immunocompetent Patients in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Candida utilis: Çocuk Yoğun Bakım Ünitesinde İzlenen İki İmmünokompetan Hastada Nadir Bir Sepsis Etkeni
Journal of Pediatric Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine(Turkey), cilt.11, sa.1, ss.77-80, 2024 (Scopus, TRDizin)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 11 Sayı: 1
- Basım Tarihi: 2024
- Doi Numarası: 10.4274/cayd.galenos.2023.48568
- Dergi Adı: Journal of Pediatric Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine(Turkey)
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.77-80
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Candida utilis, candidemia, children, Invasive fungal disease, pediatric intensive care, sepsis
- Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
- Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
In recent years, an evident rise in the frequency of candidaemia caused by non-albicans Candida species has been reported. Candida utilis is a low-virulence fungus that is commonly used in the food processing industry. Only a few studies have reported invasive infection due to C. utilis. In this paper, we present two cases of clinically manifested candidaemia and sepsis caused by C. utilis. This was a retrospective study carried out at a tertiary intensive care center in Turkey. Two C. utilis were isolated from blood culture over a 6-month period. C. utilis fungemia has mainly been reported in immunocompromised patients, neonates, and following surgical intervention. The two cases discussed here did not have a defined immunodeficiency. Both patients had common risk factors such as prolonged stay in the pediatric intensive care unit and the presence of a central venous catheter. Our aim in reporting these cases is to highlight C. utilis as a probable cause of candidemia in hospitalized pediatric patients and can be mortal.