Table 1.
Number of culture confirmed candidemia episodes recorded at seven major hospitals in Kuwait and number of C. albicans isolates analyzed by MLST.
| Hospital | No. of candidemia episodes* | No. of patients | No. of individual patient isolates available for MLST | No. of duplicate and surveillance cultures used for MLST |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mubarak Al-Kabeer | 43 | 29 | 27 | 1 |
| Maternity | 50 | 22 | 21 | 9 |
| Ibn-Sina | 25 | 19 | 17 | 2 |
| Farwaniya | 16 | 14 | 14 | − |
| Al-Sabah | 15 | 9 | 8 | 2 |
| Jahra | 10 | 9 | 8 | − |
| Amiri | 12 | 9 | 7 | 1 |
| Total | 171 | 111 | 102 | 15 |
*
Repeat isolates were cultured from some candidemia patients.