Huang Y C, Lin T Y, Leu H S, Wu J L, Wu J H
Department of Medicine, Chang Gung Children's Hospital, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
J Hosp Infect. 1998 May;39(1):47-51. doi: 10.1016/s0195-6701(98)90242-0.
The frequency and distribution of yeast carriage on the hands of hospital personnel working in intensive care unit (ICUs), was investigated. Hand carriage of yeast and Candida species was 46 and 29%, respectively. Rhodotorula sp. and Candida parapsilosis were most frequently recovered. There was no significant difference in frequency or distribution of yeasts and Candida sp. recovered among the three ICUs. Seventeen C. parapsilosis isolates and three Candida albicans isolates were genotyped by electrophoretic karyotyping using contour-clamped homogenous electric-field gel electrophoresis. Eleven separate types of C. parapsilosis and two types of C. albicans were identified. There was no common genotype among these isolates, even within the same unit. We conclude that yeast carriage on the hands of personnel working in ICU is common, but these yeasts are usually not acquired from a common source in the ICU.
对重症监护病房（ICU）工作的医院工作人员手部酵母菌携带情况的频率和分布进行了调查。手部酵母菌和念珠菌属的携带率分别为46%和29%。红酵母属和近平滑念珠菌最为常见。在三个ICU中，分离出的酵母菌和念珠菌属在频率或分布上没有显著差异。使用轮廓钳位均匀电场凝胶电泳通过电泳核型分析对17株近平滑念珠菌分离株和3株白色念珠菌分离株进行基因分型。鉴定出11种不同类型的近平滑念珠菌和2种白色念珠菌。即使在同一病房内，这些分离株之间也没有共同的基因型。我们得出结论，ICU工作人员手部酵母菌携带情况很常见，但这些酵母菌通常并非来自ICU中的共同来源。
