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. 2009 Jun 1;40(2):325–328. doi: 10.1590/S1517-838220090002000021

Table 2.

Identification and sources of all 442 Candida spp. isolates, between September, 2003 and September, 2006 in the Hospital B in Recife, PE, Brazil.

SPECIES (Number) Blood Urine Tracheal Catheter Miscellaneous**
C. albicans (114) 23(20.2%) 27(23.7%) 18(15.8%) 6(5.3%) 40(35.1%)
C.tropicalis (135) 44(32.6) 19(14.1%) 29(21.5%) 13(9.6%) 30(22.2%)
C.parapsilosis (51) 32(62.7%) 3(5.9%) 4(7.8%) 7(13.7%) 5(9.8%)
C.glabrata (22) 2(9.1%) 12(54.5%) 4(18.2%) 0(0%) 4(18.2%)
C.guillermondi (7) 3(42.9%) 0(0%) 1(14.3%) 1(14.3%) 2(28.6%)
C. krusei (12) 5(41.7%) 1(8.3%) 3(25.0%) 1(8.3%) 2(16.7%)
C. lusitaniae (2) 1(50.0%) 0(0%) 1(50.0%) 0(0%) 0(0%)
C. famata (3) 1(33.3%) 0(0%) 1(33.3%) 1(33.3%) 0(0%)
Candida spp. (96) 1(1.0%) 25(26.0%) 24(25.0%) 6(6.3%) 40(41.7%)
Total 442 112(25.3%) 87(19.7%) 85 (19.2%) 35(7.9%) 123(27.8%)
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Hospital B: 54 beds

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Miscellaneous: wound material and others.