Species distribution and antifungal susceptibility profile of Candida spp. bloodstream isolates from Latin American hospitals

From March 1999 to March 2000, we conducted a prospective multicenter study of candidemia involving five tertiary care hospitals from four countries in Latin America. Yeast isolates were identified by classical methods and the antifungal susceptibility profile was determined according to the Nationa...

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Main Authors: Patrício Godoy, Iris Nora Tiraboschi, Luiz Carlos Severo, Beatriz Bustamante, Belinda Calvo, Leila Paula de Almeida, Daniel Archimedes da Matta, Arnaldo Lopes Colombo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2003-04-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762003000300020