Abstract
The pharyngeal, fecal and skin carrier rates of yeast-like organisms was determined in 126 patients on the day of admission to a large Veterans Administration Hospital. None of these patients had been hospitalized or received anti-microbial agents during the previous year Candida and Torulopsis species were most common. A small percentage of patients were carriers of various species belonging to the genera Trichosporon, Rhodotorula, Saccharomyces, Leucosporidium and Endomycopsis. Fifty of the original 126 patients remained hospitalized for a sufficient duration to permit repeat cultures on days 7 and 14. Twenty-five of these patients served as controls and did not receive antibiotics; the other 25 received at least a 4-day course of antibiotic therapy for an underlying infection. Although there was no significant difference in the carrier rates in these 2 groups, organisms other than Candida continued to be isolated from the 50 patients who remained hospitalized for 2 weeks.
Zusammenfassung
Eine Gruppe von 126 Krankenhauspazienten wurde am Tage ihrer Zulassung für Hefe-ähnliche Mikroorganismen untersucht. Candida und Torulopsis sp. wurden am häufigsten gefunden. Fünfundzwanzig von diesen Pazienten erhielten Antibiotika und wurden wöchentlich untersucht; eine Kontrollgruppe von 25 Pazienten wurde ohne Antibiotika gelassen. Nach 2 Wochen Krankenhausaufenhaltes man hat kein Unterschied in der Verteilung der Mikroorganismen gefunden.