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| Neves-Junior,Athayde; Cartágenes-Pinto,Ana Carolina; Rocha,Débora A.S.; Sá,Leandro F. Reis de; Junqueira,Maria de Lourdes; Ferreira-Pereira,Antonio. |
| Candidiasis has become an important concern for clinical practice, especially with the increasing incidence of immunocompromised patients. In this scenario, the development resistance to fluconazole presents a challenge for treating these opportunistic infections. The aim of this study was to evaluate some epidemiology features of Candidainfections in a Brazilian University Hospital using data, previously unavailable. We observed that 44% of the 93 clinical isolates tested, belonged to Candida albicansspecies and 56% belonged to non-Candida albicansspecies (mainly Candida tropicalis and Candida glabrata). Most strains were isolated from urine samples where C. albicans was predominantly detected. 29 strains presented a fluconazole resistance phenotype and... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Candidaspp.; Clinical isolates; Epidemiology; Fluconazole; Resistance. |
| Ano: 2015 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652015000301349 |
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