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Candidemia in the intensive care unit: A 12-year retrospective cohort study in Reunion Island
G Hoarau1, S Picot1, J Lemant2
1Service de bactériologie-virologie-parasitologie, centre hospitalier universitaire de La Réunion groupe hospitalier Sud Réunion, BP 350, 97448 Saint-Pierre, Reunion.
Objectives:
We aimed to describe the epidemiology of Candida bloodstream infection in an intensive care unit (ICU) in Reunion Island.
Methods:
We performed a retrospective cohort study and evaluated 63 candidemia episodes, which occurred between January 2004 and December 2015 in the ICU of a University Hospital in St-Pierre.
Results:
The incidence rate of candidemia in the ICU was estimated at 7.6%. Candida albicans was the most common yeast pathogen species recovered (54%), followed by Candida glabrata (17%), Candida tropicalis (12%) and Candida parapsilosis (10%). Between 2012 and 2015, we also observed a modification of antifungal use.
Conclusion:
The epidemiology of candidemia in Reunion Island is characterized by the predominance of Candida albicans and by the relative importance of Candida tropicalis. This pattern corresponds to a model of epidemiological transition between the one usually observed in tropical areas and the one observed in temperate countries.
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