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(Reference retrieved automatically from Web of Science through information on FAPESP grant and its corresponding number as mentioned in the publication by the authors.)

Prevalence rates and antifungal susceptibility profiles of the Candida parapsilosis species complex: results from a nationwide surveillance of candidaemia in Brazil

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Author(s):
Goncalves, S. S. ; Amorim, C. S. [1] ; Nucci, M. ; Padovan, A. C. B. [2] ; Briones, M. R. S. [2] ; Melo, A. S. A. ; Colombo, A. L. [3]
Total Authors: 7
Affiliation:
[1] Univ Fed Rio de Janeiro, Dept Med Interna, Rio De Janeiro - Brazil
[2] Univ Fed Sao Paulo, Dept Microbiol Immunol & Parasitol, BR-04023062 Sao Paulo - Brazil
[3] Univ Fed Sao Paulo, Lab Especial Micol, Disciplina Infectol, BR-04023062 Sao Paulo - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 3
Document type: Journal article
Source: Clinical Microbiology and Infection; v. 16, n. 7, p. 885-887, JUL 2010.
Web of Science Citations: 46
Abstract

P>The genetically heterogeneous taxon Candida parapsilosis was recently reclassified into three species: Candida parapsilosis, Candida orthopsilosis and Candida metapsilosis. The prevalences of these species among 141 bloodstream isolates tested in Brazil were 88% for C. parapsilosis, 9% for C. orthopsilosis, and 3% for C. metapsilosis. Except for three C. orthopsilosis isolates that were considered resistant to 5-flucytosine, all isolates representing the different species of this complex were susceptible to polyenes, triazoles and caspofungin. (AU)