From: Epidemiological trends in nosocomial candidemia in intensive care
1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | Total | |
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Number of isolates (percentage of species in the year) | ||||||
C.albicans | 13 (62) | 26 (79) | 11 (33) | 12 (27) | 12 (24) | 74 (40) |
C.parapsilosis | 2 (9) | 0 | 4 (12) | 23 (51) | 13 (26) | 42 (23) |
C. glabrata | 0 | 1 (3) | 12 (36) | 2 (4) | 12 (24) | 27 (15) |
C. tropicalis | 5 (24) | 0 | 0 | 7 (16) | 5 (10) | 17 (9) |
Othres ( C.kruzei, C.guillermondii, C.lusitanae ) | 1 (5) | 6 (18) | 6 (19) | 1 (2) | 8 (16) | 24 (13) |
Total candidemia | 21 | 33 | 33 | 45 | 50 | 182 |
Incidence of candidemia/10 000 patient-days/year | 1.25 | 2 | 2.05 | 2.74 | 3.06 | 2.22 |
Incidence of candidemia due to C. albicans/10 000 patient-days/year | 0.84 | 1.58 | 0.66 | 0.73 | 0.73 | 0.91 |