TABLE 4.

Fungal colonization in VLBW and ELBW infants^a

Characteristic	Results for study (study period)
	Baley et al. (30) (1983)	Hageman et al. (183) (1985)	Pappu-Katikaneni et al. (362) (1991)	Rowen et al. (395) (1992)	Saiman et al. (402) (1993-1995)	Huang et al. (215) (1996)	Kicklighter et al. (255) (1998-1999)b	Kaufman et al. (246) (1998-2000)b
Birth wt (gr)	<1,500	<1,500	<1,500	<1,500	<1,500	<1,500	<1,500	<1,000
No. of patients	146	38	40	116	780	116	52b	50b
% of patients with colonization	27	47	63	34	31	22	46	60
% of patients colonized with:
C. albicans	16	24	40	26	18	13	44	44
C. papapsilosis	5	24	10	4	13	6	37	45
C. glabrata	0	0	0	3		<1	4	3
C. guilliermondii	0	0	0	0		<1	0	3
C. lusitaniae	0	0	0	0		0	11.1	5.1
C. tropicalis	2.1	0	2.5	1.7		0	3.7	0
Other	3.4	0	0	0	2.7c	0.8	0	1.1
% of total no. of patients colonized by site:
Skin
Groin or axilla	13.7					12.9	0	48
Umbilicus								8
Gastrointestinal tract
Rectal	19.2			33.6	31	12.9	45	54
Stool			62.5
Respiratory tract
Oropharyngeal	11			11.2d		6
Endotracheal	4.8			11.2d		2.6		42
Urine	8.3					7.7
% of total no. of patients with fungal sepsis	2.1	7.9	12.5	6.0	3.1	2.6	3.9	16

^aSummary of eight studies (30, 183, 215, 246, 255, 362, 395, 402).

^bAnalysis of the control patients in these randomized trials.

^cIncludes non-albicans and non-parapsilosis species.

^dNasopharyngeal and endotracheal cultures did not correlate with one another.