@entity1 in intensive care units (ICU) are at risk of @entity580 . The incidence of @entity364 has increased in parallel with the increase of @entity580 . @entity5132 is the most frequent pathogenic species among the fungi. The aim of this study was to make an epidemiological surveillance of @entity5132 urine isolates which were isolated from @entity1 who were hospitalized in ICU between June 2000 and October 2001 by antifungal susceptibility testing and Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis. For this purpose, 38 @entity5132 which were isolated from 29 @entity1 were investigated for @entity2379 and @entity2380 susceptibility with the microdilution method. The range of minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) of @entity2379 was between 0.25-1 microgram/ml and MIC50 value was 0.5 microgram/ml and none of the isolates had high (MIC > 1 microgram/ml) MIC values. The MIC values for @entity2380 varied between 0.25-16 micrograms/ml and MIC50 value was 1 microgram/ml. While none of the isolates was resistant to @entity2380 , two isolates were detected as dose dependent susceptible. RAPD analysis was performed with two different primers in order to investigate clonal relationship, and 22 patterns were detected with one of the primers and 24 patterns were detected with the other. In conclusion, it is thought that the origin of the @entity5132 urine isolates were mostly endogenous but exogenous spread might also be considered as isolates that were clonally related were isolated from different @entity1 at the same time interval.

[Molecular epidemiologic surveillance and antifungal agent sensitivity of XXXX isolated from anesthesia intensive care units].

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['Patients', 'patients'] @entity2379 :: ('MESH:D000666', 'Chemical') :: ['amphotericin B'] @entity2380 :: ('MESH:D015725', 'Chemical') :: ['fluconazole'] @entity5132 :: ('5476', 'Species') :: ['Candida albicans', 'C. albicans'] @entity364 :: ('MESH:D009181', 'Disease') :: ['nosocomial fungal infections'] @entity580 :: ('MESH:D003428', 'Disease') :: ['nosocomial infections']
@entity5132 :: (5476,Species) :: ['Candida albicans']
