Prevalencia de Candida albicans y Candida no albicans en diferentes muestras clínicas. Período 1999-2001. / [Prevalence of Candida albicans and Candida non-albicans in clinical samples during 1999-2001]

ABSTRACT

The importance of epidemiological monitoring of yeasts involved in pathologic processes is unquestionable due to the increase of these infections over the last decade, the changes observed in species causing candidiasis, and empirical antifungal treatment. At the Mycology Center, 1006 isolates from a wide range of clinical samples were studied during 1999-2001. Candida albicans (40.3