Epidemiology of Candidemia in Kuwait: A Nationwide, Population-Based Study

Epidemiology of Candidemia in Kuwait: A Nationwide, Population-Based Study

The <i>Candida</i> species cause a majority of invasive fungal infections. In this article, we describe the nationwide epidemiology of candidemia in Kuwait in 2018. Yeast bloodstream isolates submitted from all major hospitals and identified by phenotypic MALDI-TOF MS and/or by molecular...

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Main Authors: Khaled Alobaid, Suhail Ahmad, Mohammad Asadzadeh, Eiman Mokaddas, Noura Al-Sweih, Khalifa Albenwan, Wadha Alfouzan, Inaam Al-Obaid, Ahlam Jeragh, Ebtihal Al-Roomi, Ziauddin Khan, Leena Joseph, Soumya Varghese
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-08-01
Series:Journal of Fungi
Subjects:
candidemia
Kuwait
incidence
species spectrum
antifungal susceptibility
rare <i>Candida</i>/yeast species
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2309-608X/7/8/673

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