<i>Candida parapsilosis</i> Bloodstream Infection in Pediatric Oncology Patients: Results of an Epidemiologic Investigation

Abstract

These findings suggest the possibility of cross-infection with a single C. parapsilosis strain that was transmitted (probably during CVC dressing changes) by nurses whose hands were colonized with it. The role of previous gastrointestinal colonization in the first case cannot be excluded.