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| Savastano,Catarina; Silva,Elisa de Oliveira; Gonçalves,Lindyanne Lemos; Nery,Jéssica Maria; Silva,Naiara Chaves; Dias,Amanda Latercia Tranches. |
| Abstract The incidence of the species Candida albicans and non-albicans Candida was evaluated in a Brazilian Tertiary Hospital from the environment and health practitioners. In a 12-month period we had a total positivity of 19.65% of Candida spp. The most recurring non-albicans Candida species was C. glabrata (37.62%), generally considered a species of low virulence, but with a higher mortality rate than C. albicans. Subsequently, C. parapsilosis (25.74%) and C. tropicalis (16.86%) were the second and third most commonly isolated species. Considering the total samples collected from the emergency room and from the inpatient and the pediatric sector, 19.10% were positive for Candida spp., with the predominance of non-albicans Candida species (89.42%). The... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Candida glabrata; Candida spp.; Non-albicans Candida species; Hospital environment; Antifungal drugs. |
| Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822016000200367 |
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