TABLE 3.
Yeast species isolated from blood cultures in Norway from 1991 to 2003
| Species | No. of isolates isolated in yr:
|
Total (%) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | ||
| C. albicans | 76 | 52 | 58 | 65 | 67 | 59 | 72 | 81 | 78 | 88 | 92 | 100 | 99 | 987 (69.8) |
| C. glabrata | 16 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 16 | 13 | 20 | 19 | 22 | 187 (13.2) |
| C. tropicalis | 3 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 95 (6.7) |
| C. parapsilosis | 10 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 82 (5.8) |
| C. krusei | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 22 (1.6) | |
| C. dubliniensis | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 (0.6) | |||||||||
| C. guilliermondii | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 (0.6) | |||||||
| C. norvegensis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 (0.6) | ||||||
| C. kefyr | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 (0.5) | ||||||||
| Other Candida spp.a | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 (0.5) | ||||||||
| Yeast not identified | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 (0.3) | ||||||||||
| Total | 108 | 82 | 87 | 87 | 99 | 96 | 102 | 113 | 106 | 122 | 130 | 151 | 138 | 1,415 |
a
Other Candida spp. are as follows: Candida blankii (1 isolate), Candida inconspicua (1 isolate), Candida lusitaniae (2 isolates), Candida sake (2 isolates), Candida sphaerica (1 isolate).