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Table 4 Distribution of the different Candida species (number of isolates, %) among different wards between 2010 and 2015

From: Correlation between antifungal consumption and the distribution of Candida species in different hospital departments of a Lebanese medical Centre

Ward

Total

Total NAC

C. albicans (n = 1044)

C. glabrata (n = 197)

Non-speciated C. (n = 45)

C. famata (n = 30)

C. Kefyr (n = 19)

C. parapsilosis (n = 12)

C. lusitaniae (n = 11)

C. krusei (n = 10)

C. tropicalis (n = 5)

C. guilliermondii (n = 4)

P

Critical care

410

97

313 (76%)

60 (62%)

12 (12%)

12 (12%)

5 (5%)

3 (3%)

1 (1%)

3 (3%)

0

1 (1%)

0.005

IM

674

176

498 (74%)

106 (60%)

25 (14%)

11 (6%)

11 (6%)

5 (3%)

10 (6%)

4 (2%)

4 (2%)

0

OBGYN

58

5

53(91%)

5 (100%)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Hem/Onc

67

17

50 (75%)

8 (47%)

1 (6%)

4 (23%)

0

0

0

1 (6%)

1 (6%)

2 (12%)

Pediatrics

79

12

67 (85%)

4 (33%)

3 (25%)

1 (8%)

1 (8%)

3 (25%)

0

0

0

0

Surgery

89

26

63 (71%)

14 (54%)

4 (15%)

2 (8%)

2 (8%)

1 (4%)

0

2 (8%)

0

1 (4%)

  1. KEY: Hem/Onc = Haematology/oncology, IM = Internal medicine, NAC = non-albicans Candida, OBGYN = Obstetrics/gynaecology
  2. N.B. Percentages for Candida albicans are calculated from total isolates in each ward. Percentages for each of the non-albicans species are calculated from total NAC of each ward