Candida blood stream infections observed between 2011 and 2016 in a large Italian University Hospital: A time-based retrospective analysis on epidemiology, biofilm production, antifungal agents consumption and drug-susceptibility

Grazia Brunetti, Anna Sara Navazio, Alessandro Giuliani, Alessandra Giordano, Enrica Maria Proli, Guido Antonelli and Giammarco Raponi

PLOS ONE, 2019, vol. 14, issue 11, 1-17

Abstract: Candida bloodstream infection (BSI) represents a growing infective problem frequently associated to biofilm production due to the utilization of intravascular devices. Candida species distribution (n = 612 strains), their biofilm production and hospital antifungal drug consumption were evaluated in different wards of a tertiary care academic hospital in Italy during the years 2011–2016. In the considered time window, an increasing number of Candida BSI (p = 0.005) and of biofilm producing strains were observed (p

Date: 2019
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