Frecuencia de candidemia en pacientes hospitalizados, del Hospital de Especialidades José Carrasco Arteaga – IESS, Cuenca 2016-2021

Abstract

Candidemia Is a fungal infection caused by a yest of the genuz Cándida. It usually appears as a complication from infections of other tissues. Its main risk factors are immunocompromised patients, those requiring mechanical ventilation, long-term catheters, parenteral nutrition, etc.; and also, the microbiota, which introduces ecological controls over Cándida species un different anatomical sites. This is a descriptive, cross-sectional, and retrospective study aimed to determine the frequency of candidemia in patients of José Carrasco Arteaga Hospital - IESS, Cuenca, in 2016-2021. The universe comprised eight thousand blood cultures, from which a random sample of 650 was taken. Data were that the frequency of candidemia accounts for 3.54% AND It occurs mainly in patients in the hospitalization are for adults, (56.5%), followed by adult ICUs (30.4%); then 56 to 65 years old patients (30.4%); and finally, 66 to 75 year old patients (21.7%). Male patients represented 69.6% of those infected. The most frequently isolated species was C. albicans (56.5%), followed by C. glabrata (13.0%), and C. tropicalis and C. parapsilosis (4.3% each).