Identificación y tipificación de levaduras aisladas de pacientes de un hospital de la ciudad de México / Identification and typing of yeast isolates from hospital patients in Mexico City

ABSTRACT

Nosocomial yeast infections have become a major cause of morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised patients. This study presents the frequency of yeasts isolated from different biological products from a Mexico City hospital's patients during one year. C. albicans was isolated in 72.3 of patients, followed by C. glabrata (13.4) and C. parapsilosis (8). Twenty different morphotypes were identified and the serotype B was the most frequent (79).