Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Prognosis of Candida parapsilosis Bloodstream Infections: Case-Control Population-Based Surveillance Study of Patients in Barcelona, Spain, from 2002 to 2003

Almirante, Benito; Rodríguez-Pardo, Dolors; Cuenca‐Estrella, Manuel; Almela, Manel; Sánchez, F; Ayats, Josefina; Alonso-Tarrés, Carles; L. Rodrı́guez-Tudela, Juan; Pahissa, Albert; Barcelona Candidemia Project Study Group, the

doi:10.1128/jcm.44.5.1681-1685.2006

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Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Prognosis of Candida parapsilosis Bloodstream Infections: Case-Control Population-Based Surveillance Study of Patients in Barcelona, Spain, from 2002 to 2003

Published in Journal of Clinical Microbiology • May 1, 2006

Authors:

Benito Almirante

Dolors Rodríguez-Pardo

Manuel Cuenca‐Estrella

Abstract

Candida parapsilosis has emerged as an important yeast species causing fungemia. We describe the incidence and epidemiology of C. parapsilosis fungemia. Data from active population-based surveillance in Barcelona, Spain, from January 2002 to December 2003 were analyzed. We focused on 78 episodes of ...

Subject

Fungemia

Candida parapsilosis

Medicine

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