Hand carriage of Candida species and risk factors in hospital personnel

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dc.contributor.authorYıldırım, Mustafa
dc.contributor.authorŞahin, İdris
dc.contributor.authorKüçükbayrak, Abdülkadir
dc.contributor.authorÖzdemir, Davut
dc.contributor.authorYavuz, M. Tevfik
dc.contributor.authorÖksüz, Şükrü
dc.contributor.authorÇakır, Selma
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-01T12:10:17Z
dc.date.available2020-05-01T12:10:17Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.departmentDÜ, Tıp Fakültesi, Dahili Tıp Bilimleri Bölümüen_US
dc.descriptionWOS: 000246151400005en_US
dc.descriptionPubMed: 17472614en_US
dc.description.abstractThe hands of healthcare workers (HCWs) are considered to be important for colonisation and infection of Candida spp. The objective of this study was to evaluate the rate of Candida carriage on the hands of the hospital personnel the potential risk factors. Samples were collected from the hands of 214 (139 female and 75 male) hospital personnel working at Duzce Medical Faculty Hospital, Duzce, Turkey. Of these, 88 were nurses, 62 resident doctors, 21 laboratory workers, 30 officers and 13 dining room personnel. The hands of all participants were tested by culture with the broth wash technique. Overall, 34.1% of the people analysed were found to harbour Candida spp. on their hands: 30.7% were nurses, 25.8% resident doctors, 28.6% laboratory workers, 84.6% dining room personnel and 43.3% officers. Candida carriage rates of the dining room personnel were higher than found in the other groups (P = 0.001). Isolated Candida species were C. parapsilosis (38.4%), C. tropicalis (26.0%), C. albicans (23.3%), C. kefyr (11.0%) and C. globosa (1.4%). Candida carriage rate was higher in the glove-using group (35.1%) than the non-glove using group (7.1%, P = 0.031). We concluded that carriage of Candida species on the hands of personnel was common especially in non-medical staff. Wearing gloves was found to be related to increased rates of Candida carriage in the nurse group. Candida parapsilosis was the most frequently colonising species that may be a predisposing condition for nosocomial infections transmitted with the hands of HCWs. Hospital personnel should be educated for regular hand washing practice for preventing Candida colonisation.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.0933-7407.2006.01348.xen_US
dc.identifier.endpage192en_US
dc.identifier.issn0933-7407
dc.identifier.issn1439-0507
dc.identifier.issue3en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1en_US
dc.identifier.startpage189en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1111/j.0933-7407.2006.01348.x
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12684/6123
dc.identifier.volume50en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000246151400005en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ3en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMeden_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherWileyen_US
dc.relation.ispartofMycosesen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectCandida carriageen_US
dc.subjecthospital personnelen_US
dc.subjectrisk factorsen_US
dc.titleHand carriage of Candida species and risk factors in hospital personnelen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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