Abstract | OBJECTIVE: METHODS: We examined data from 709,325 infants at 322 NICUs managed by the Pediatrix Medical Group from 1997 to 2010. We determined the cumulative incidence of invasive candidiasis and use of antifungal prophylaxis, broad-spectrum antibacterial antibiotics, and empirical antifungal therapy by year. RESULTS: We identified 2063 (0.3%) infants with 2101 episodes of invasive candidiasis. Over the study period, the annual incidence of invasive candidiasis decreased from 3.6 episodes per 1000 patients to 1.4 episodes per 1000 patients among all infants, from 24.2 to 11.6 episodes per 1000 patients among infants with a birth weight of 750-999 g, and from 82.7 to 23.8 episodes per 1000 patients among infants with a birth weight <750 g. Fluconazole prophylaxis use increased among all infants with a birth weight <1000 g (or <1500 g), with the largest effect on birth weights <750 g, increasing from 3.8 per 1000 patients in 1997 to 110.6 per 1000 patients in 2010. The use of broad-spectrum antibacterial antibiotics decreased among all infants from 275.7 per 1000 patients in 1997 to 48.5 per 1000 patients in 2010. The use of empirical antifungal therapy increased over time from 4.0 per 1000 patients in 1997 to 11.5 per 1000 patients in 2010. CONCLUSIONS: The incidence of invasive candidiasis in the NICU decreased over the 14-year study period. Increased use of fluconazole prophylaxis and empirical antifungal therapy, along with decreased use of broad-spectrum antibacterial antibiotics, may have contributed to this observation.
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Authors | Sofia Aliaga, Reese H Clark, Matthew Laughon, Thomas J Walsh, William W Hope, Daniel K Benjamin, David Kaufman, Antonio Arrieta, Daniel K Benjamin Jr, P Brian Smith |
Journal | Pediatrics
(Pediatrics)
Vol. 133
Issue 2
Pg. 236-42
(Feb 2014)
ISSN: 1098-4275 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 24446441
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.)
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Chemical References |
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Topics |
- Antifungal Agents
(therapeutic use)
- Candidiasis, Invasive
(drug therapy, epidemiology, prevention & control)
- Female
- Humans
- Incidence
- Infant, Newborn
- Intensive Care Units, Neonatal
- Male
- Retrospective Studies
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