Investigation of a Cluster of Candida albicans Invasive Candidiasis in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit by Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis

Table 1

Description of the 20 Candida albicans isolates investigated and summary of results of EK and PFGE-Sfi I analysis.

Neonate or HCW*	Isolate	Site of isolation	EK pulsotype	PFGE-Sfi I pattern	Date of sampling (day/mo/yr)	Time of hospitalisation
N1	1	Blood	I	1	11/09/2006
	2	Endotracheal tube	I	1	13/09/2006
	3	Postoperative wound	I	1	26/09/2006	Admission: 01/09/2006
	4	Hepatic abscess	I	1	27/09/2006	Discharge: 07/11/2006
	5	Drain	I	1	04/10/2006
	6	Postoperative wound	I	1	04/10/2006
N2	7	Blood	II	2	15/09/2006	Admission: 06/09/2006
	8	Mediastinal fluid	III	3	19/09/2006	Discharge: 08/11/2006
	9	Blood	III	3	11/10/2006
N3	10	Urine	IV	4	26/09/2006
	11	Blood	IV	4	29/09/2006	Admission: 16/09/2006
	12	Umbilical catheter	IV	4	05/10/2006	Discharge: 08/11/2006
N4	13	Blood	III	5	29/09/2006
	14	Umbilical catheter	III	6	05/10/2006	Admission: 20/09/2006
	15	Umbilical catheter	III	7	16/10/2006	Death: 16/10/2006
	16	Blood	III	7	16/10/2006
N5	17	Blood	III	5	13/10/2006	Admission: 05/10/2006; Discharge: 10/11/2006
N6	18	Umbilical catheter	III	5	04/10/2006	Admission: 21/09/2006; Discharge: 21/10/2006
HCW1	H1	Fingers’s nails	IV	8	26/10/2006	—
HCW2	H2	Fingers’s nails	III	9	27/10/2006	—
ATCC 90028	A		V	10	—	—

*Health care worker.