Contribution of the anaerobic blood culture vial for the recovery of Candida glabrata: A retrospective multicentric study.

Eric FarfourCecile Le BrunAssaf MizrahiPauline BargainMarie-Fleur DurieuxFrédérique BoquelStéphane CorvecFakhri JeddiAnaëlle MuggeoAntoine HugueninOlivier BarraudMarlène AmaraVincent FihmanEric BaillyFrançoise BotterelThomas GuillardMarc Vassenull null

Published in: Medical mycology (2022)

Although Candida spp are aerobic microorganisms, C. glabrata is able to grow in anaerobic conditions. In blood culture, the time-to-positivity of C. glabrata is shorter in anaerobic than aerobic vials. Only the anaerobic vial was positive in up to 15 (37.5%) C. glabrata bloodstream infections.

Keyphrases

candida albicans
microbial community
wastewater treatment
sewage sludge
biofilm formation
high intensity
heavy metals
risk assessment
escherichia coli
cystic fibrosis