TABLE 2.
Distribution of Candida, Cryptococcus, and other yeast spp. by clinical service
| Organism | No. of isolates tested (% of total) | No. of isolates |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inpatient |
Outpatient/emergency |
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| Total | ICU | Medicine | Surgery | Othera | Total | Emergency | Outpatient | ||
| Candida spp. | 737 (90.5) | 680 | 272 | 124 | 226 | 58 | 57 | 37 | 20 |
| Cryptococcus spp. | 63 (7.7) | 58 | 44 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | |
| Other yeast spp. | 14 (1.7) | 14 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | |||
| Total | 814 (100) | 752 | 279 | 169 | 240 | 64 | 62 | 41 | 21 |
a
Includes pediatrics, dermatology, obstetrics and gynecology, and ophthalmology services.