Increasing incidence of candidemia: results from a 20-year nationwide study in Iceland
To access publisher full text version of this article. Please click on the hyperlink in Additional Links field A nationwide study on candidemia was conducted in Iceland from 1980 to 1999. The annual incidence increased from 1.4 cases/100,000 inhabitants/year between 1980 and 1984 to 4.9 cases/100,00...
Published in: | Journal of Clinical Microbiology |
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Main Authors: | , , |
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2008
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2336/32393 https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.40.9.3489-3492.2002 |
Summary: | To access publisher full text version of this article. Please click on the hyperlink in Additional Links field A nationwide study on candidemia was conducted in Iceland from 1980 to 1999. The annual incidence increased from 1.4 cases/100,000 inhabitants/year between 1980 and 1984 to 4.9 cases/100,000 inhabitants/year between 1995 and 1999 (P < 0.0001). Candidemia episodes at university hospitals increased from 0.15/1,000 admissions to 0.55/1,000 admissions (P < 0.0001). Candida albicans was the predominant species responsible (64.4%). The national import of fluconazole increased approximately fourfold during the second half of the study, but increased resistance to this agent was not observed. |
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