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Table. 2.

Table. 2.

Comparison of the number of specimens and patients by Candida species that were isolated from blood cultures in 2009∼2018

Organisms No. positive by years Sp (Pt) Total %
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
C. albicans 54 (25) 111 (34) 111 (37) 135 (37) 99 (31) 105 (33) 78 (35) 128 (41) 125 (45) 107 (32) 1,053 (350) 29.8 (33.8)
C. tropicalis 137 (30) 95 (27) 98 (25) 122 (28) 155 (39) 134 (34) 89 (26) 66 (20) 68 (28) 162 (39) 1,126 (296) 31.9 (28.6)
C. glabrata 33 (8) 37 (12) 66 (25) 75 (16) 68 (26) 42 (23) 49 (23) 40 (18) 64 (24) 113 (30) 587 (205) 16.6 (19.8)
C. parapsilosis 24 (7) 21 (7) 16 (4) 47 (8) 42 (14) 9 (4) 65 (5) 47 (5) 90 (17) 29 (10) 390 (81) 11.0 (7.8)
C. krusei 19 (4) 14 (1) 6 (2) 42 (5) 39 (10) 8 (5) 4 (2) 5 (2) 10 (3) 36 (7) 183 (41) 5.2 (4.0)
C. lusitaniae 1 (1) 3 (2) 14 (4) 13 (2) 2 (1) 33 (10) 0.9 (1.0)
C. guilliermondii 1 (1) 1 (1) 2 (2) 12 (4) 16 (8) 0.5 (0.8)
C. utilis 8 (1) 3 (1) 11 (2) 0.3 (0.2)
C. dubliniensis 1 (1) 2 (1) 3 (2) 0.1 (0.2)
C. kefyr 1 (1) 1 (1) 2 (2) 0.1 (0.2)
C. pelliculosa 2 (1) 1 (1) 3 (2) 0.1 (0.2)
UIYLO 3 (1) 2 (1) 24 (3) 17 (8) 18 (9) 9 (3) 45 (9) 5 (2) 3 (1) 126 (37) 3.5 (3.5)
Total 271 (76) 281 (83) 310 (98) 451 (100) 420 (128) 333 (114) 294 (94) 344 (97) 365 (122) 464 (124) 3,533 (1,036) 100 (100)

Abbreviations: Pt, positive patient; Sp, specimen; No, number; UIYLO, unidentified yeast like organisms.

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