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. 2013 Mar 19;8(3):e59373. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059373

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).