Candida in respiratoire stalen - UZ Leuven

Candida in respiratoire stalen
Appraisal: Analytic performance
• rapportering van pathogenen van onderste
luchtweginfecties.
• …Report
yeast as “isolates consistent with micro organisms encountered in
the upper respiratory tract” …
• …candida
organisms are not a cause of pneumonia, , except possible in
oncology (e.g. leukaemia) or lung transplant patients or in neonates. Even in
those cases, growth of Candida in lower respiratory specimens, regardless r
of
species, does not correlate with disease. Yeasts are normal inhabitants of the
mouth….