Table 1. Incidence of candidemia in 20 hospitals of 7 Latin American Countries.

Country	Incidence per 1,000 admissions (range)	Incidence per 1,000 patients.day (range)
Argentina	1.95 (1.26–2.98)	0.24 (0.13–0.39)
Brazil	1.38 (0.55–2.11)	0.26 (0.14–0.30)
Chile	0.33 (0.21–0.47)	0.09 (0.06–0.16)
Colombia	1.96*	0.16 (0.12–0.24)
Ecuador	0.90 (0.30–1.10)	0.16 (0.10–0.17)
Honduras	0.90 (0.88–0.98)	0.25 (0.24–0.30)
Venezuela	1.72 (1.04–2.90)	NA
Overall	1.18	0.23

NA = not available.

^*information on number of admission was available in only one hospital.