Table 2. Species distribution of 672 episodes of candidemia.
Argentina | Brazil | Chile | Colombia | Ecuador | Honduras | Venezuela | Overall | |
C. albicans | 48 (42.5) | 77 (40.5) | 16 (42.1) | 40 (36.7) | 24 (52.2) | 37 (27.4) | 11 (26.8) | 253 (37.6) |
C. parapsilosis | 27 (23.9) | 49 (25.8) | 11 (28.9) | 42 (38.5) | 14 (30.4) | 19 (14.1) | 16 (39.0) | 178 (26.5) |
C. tropicalis | 19 (16.8) | 25 (13.2) | 4 (10.5) | 19 (17.4) | 5 (10.9) | 36 (26.7) | 10 (24.4) | 118 (17.6) |
C. guilliermondii | 7 (6.2) | 3 (1.6) | 1 (2.6) | 2 (1.8) | 1 (2.2) | 28 (20.7) | 2 (4.9) | 44 (6.5) |
C. glabrata | 7 (6.2) | 19 (10.0) | 3 (7.9) | 5 (4.6) | 2 (4.3) | 5 (3.7) | 1 (2.4) | 42 (6.3) |
C. krusei | 2 (1.8) | 9 (4.7) | 3 (7.9) | – | – | 4 (3.0) | – | 18 (2.7) |
Other* | 3 | 8 | – | 1 | – | 6 | 1 | 19 (2.8) |
Total | 113 | 190 | 38 | 109 | 46 | 135 | 41 | 672 |
Other species – Argentina: C. lusitaniae (2), C. pelliculosa (1); Brazil: C. intermedia (3), C. haemulonii (2), C. lusitaniae, C. famata, C. norvegiensis (1 each); Colombia: C. lusitaniae (1); Honduras: C. lusitaniae (3), C. pelliculosa, C. haemulonii, C. albicans+C. glabrata (1 each); Venezuela: C. pelliculosa (1).