TABLE 1.

Origins and genotypes of the 34 Candida albicans strains tested

Hospital/warda	Patient or controlb	Strain	Date of isolation (day.mo.yr)	Source of sample	Fingerprinting genotype	MLST genotype
1/1	P1	IUM 87-2634	20.07.87	Blood	A	II
	P2	IUM 88-3541	21.06.88	Vascular catheter tip	B	Ia
	P3	IUM 88-6125	15.11.88	Vascular catheter tip	B	Ia
		IUM 88-6168	14.11.88	Blood	B	Ib
	P4	IUM 89-0696	27.01.89	Blood	B	Ic
		IUM 89-0894	30.01.89	Vascular catheter tip	B	Ic
	P5	IUM 89-0708	24.01.89	Parenteral nutrition fluid	B	Ia
	P6	IUM 89-3329	17.05.89	Blood	B	Ia
		IUM 89-3386	18.05.89	Vascular catheter tip	B
		IUM 89-3510	25.05.89	Vascular catheter tip	B	Ia
		IUM 89-3615	30.05.89	Vascular catheter tip	B
	P7	IUM 89-3400	19.05.89	Vascular catheter tip	D	III
	P8	IUM 89-7486	18.12.89	Vascular catheter tip	B	Ia
	P9	IUM 90-6871	27.11.90	Blood	B	Ia
	P10	IUM 91-2725	23.05.91	Vascular catheter tip	B	Ia
	P11	IUM 91-4959	08.10.91	Vascular catheter tip	B	IV
1/2	C1	IUM 97-3213	01.09.97	Blood	H	V
1/3	C2	IUM 97-3348	15.09.97	Blood	L
1/4	C3	IUM 98-1643	28.04.98	Blood	P
	C4	IUM 99-2974	02.07.99	Blood	C
1/5	C5	IUM 98-4609	05.12.98	Blood	I	VI
1/6	C6	IUM 99-0654	09.02.99	Blood	L	VII
	C7	IUM 04-8695	23.06.04	Blood	N	VIII
	C8	IUM 04-8645	21.06.04	Blood	O
1/7	C9	IUM 99-1444	01.04.99	Blood	I
1/8	C10	IUM 99-2186	20.05.99	Blood	V	IX
1/9	C11	IUM 99-2198	18.05.99	Blood	M	X
2	C12	IUM 98-4982	03.08.92	Blood	T
3	C13	IUM 98-5051	19.02.98	Blood	U	XI
4	C14	IUM 98-5059	18.05.98	Blood	F
5	C15	IUM 99-3228	07.09.99	Blood	S
6	C16	IUM 99-4839	02.11.99	Blood	Q
7	C17	IUM 99-5779	06.07.99	Blood	H
8	C18	IUM 99-5798	23.05.99	Blood	R

^aWard 1 was the surgical ward; wards 2 to 9 were other wards of the same hospital.

^bP, patient; C, control.