Epidemiological Characterization of Clinical Fungal Isolates from Pauls Stradins Clinical University Hospital, Latvia: : A 4-year Surveillance Report
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2021-10
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Nosocomial fungal infections are an emerging global public health threat that requires urgent attention and proper management. With the limited availability of treatment options, it has become necessary to understand the emerging epidemiological trends, mechanisms, and risk factors. However, very limited surveillance reports are available in the Latvian and broader European context. We therefore conducted a retrospective analysis of laboratory data (2017–2020) from Pauls Stradinš Clinical University Hospital (PSCUH), Riga, Latvia, which is one of the largest public multispecialty hospitals in Latvia. A total of 2278 fungal isolates were analyzed during the study period, with Candida spp. comprising 95% of the isolates, followed by Aspergillus spp. and Geotrichum spp. Amongst the Candida spp., C. albicans and C. glabrata made up about 75% of the isolates. The Department of Lung Diseases and Thoracic Surgery had the highest caseload followed by Intensive Care Department. Majority of the fungal isolates were collected from the bronchoalveolar lavage (37%), followed by urine (19%) and sputum (18%) samples. A total of 34 cases of candidemia were noted during the study period with C. albicans being the most common candidemia pathogen. Proper surveillance of emerging epidemiological trends serve as the most reliable and powerful cornerstone towards tackling this emerging threat.
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Funding Information: The authors are extremely grateful of the management of Pauls Stradin? Clinical University Hospital (PSCUH) and the supporting hospital and laboratory staff for their support in the present study. Publisher Copyright: © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
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Antifungal resistance, Antifungals, Candida, Fungi, Opportunistic infections, 3.1 Basic medicine, 3.2 Clinical medicine, 3.3 Health sciences, 1.1. Scientific article indexed in Web of Science and/or Scopus database, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, General Biochemistry,Genetics and Molecular Biology, Space and Planetary Science, Palaeontology, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
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Jain, N, Jansone, I, Obidenova, T, Sīmanis, R, Meisters, J, Straupmane, D & Reinis, A 2021, 'Epidemiological Characterization of Clinical Fungal Isolates from Pauls Stradins Clinical University Hospital, Latvia: A 4-year Surveillance Report', Life, vol. 11, no. 10, 1002. https://doi.org/10.3390/life11101002