<i>Candida albicans</i> Horizontal Transmission in COVID-19 Patients Hospitalized in Intensive Care Unit.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Invasive candidiasis is a predominant mycosis in hospitalized patients, and Candida albicans is the species most often responsible for this infection. Most candidiasis cases originate from endogenous mycobiota; therefore, Candida strains can easily be transferred among hospital patients and personnel. The aim of this study was to assess the possible horizontal transmission of C. albicans in patients with severe COVID-19 infection requiring hospitalization in the intensive care unit.

Methods

In total, 59 C. albicans strains from 36 patients were collected from blood and lower-respiratory samples. The strains were genotyped using the RAPD method with the OPA-18 primer (5'-AGCTGACCGT-3'). Antifungal susceptibility testing was performed for

SUBMITTER: Skora M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11677274 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature