Prevalence rates and antifungal susceptibility profiles of the Candida parapsilosis species complex: results from a nationwide surveillance of candidaemia in Brazil

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2010-07-01Author
Goncalves, S. S.
Amorim, C. S.
Nucci, M.
Padovan, Ana Carolina Barbosa [UNIFESP]
Briones, Marcelo Ribeiro da Silva [UNIFESP]
Melo, A. S. A.
Colombo, Arnaldo Lopes [UNIFESP]
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Clinical Microbiology and InfectionDOI
10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.03020.xMetadata
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P>The genetically heterogeneous taxon Candida parapsilosis was recently reclassified into three species: Candida parapsilosis, Candida orthopsilosis and Candida metapsilosis. the prevalences of these species among 141 bloodstream isolates tested in Brazil were 88% for C. parapsilosis, 9% for C. orthopsilosis, and 3% for C. metapsilosis. Except for three C. orthopsilosis isolates that were considered resistant to 5-flucytosine, all isolates representing the different species of this complex were susceptible to polyenes, triazoles and caspofungin.
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Clinical Microbiology and Infection. Malden: Wiley-Blackwell, v. 16, n. 7, p. 885-887, 2010.Sponsorship
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)
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