Alessandro Amatu, Ruben M Trani, Marta Voltini, Guido Tavazzi, Federico Capra Marzani, Caterina Cavanna, Patrizia Cambieri, Marta Corbella, Alba Muzzi, Fausto Baldanti, Francesco Mojoli
We sought to investigate epidemiology, risk factors, clinical features, and outcome of the C. parapsilosis blood stream infection (BSI) outbreaks observed during the first surges of COVID-19 pandemic in our population. Retrospective, monocentric observational study in the 24 bed intensive care unit (ICU) of a tertiary care medical center in northern Italy, from 2019 to 2021 first 5 months. 2030 patients were enrolled, of whom 239 were COVID-19 positive. The total incidence of Candida-BSI was 41.9 per 1000 admissions, with two outbreaks during 2020 spring and winter's COVID surges...
September 30, 2023: European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases