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. 2008 Apr;52(4):1506-9.
doi: 10.1128/AAC.01595-07. Epub 2008 Feb 19.

Prevalence and susceptibility profile of Candida metapsilosis and Candida orthopsilosis: results from population-based surveillance of candidemia in Spain

A Gomez-Lopez  1 , A Alastruey-Izquierdo, D Rodriguez, B Almirante, A Pahissa, J L Rodriguez-Tudela, M Cuenca-Estrella; Barcelona Candidemia Project Study Group
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Prevalence and susceptibility profile of Candida metapsilosis and Candida orthopsilosis: results from population-based surveillance of candidemia in Spain

A Gomez-Lopez et al. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2008 Apr.

Abstract

We describe the prevalences and susceptibility profiles of two recently described species, Candida metapsilosis and Candida orthopsilosis, related to Candida parapsilosis in candidemia. The prevalences of these species (1.7% for C. metapsilosis and 1.4% for C. orthopsilosis) are significant. Differences observed in their susceptibility profiles could have therapeutic importance.

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FIG. 1.
Phylogenetic tree of the subset of isolates included in the study, obtained by using maximum-parsimony phylogenetic analyses based on ITS sequences. In order to facilitate the visualization of the cladogram, some isolates of C. parapsilosis were not included, but the species distribution and the bootstrap values were identical.
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