Six-Year Retrospective Analysis of Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Antifungal Susceptibilities of Candidiasis from a Tertiary Care Hospital in South China
Hazrat Bilal, Dongxing Zhang, Muhammad Shafiq, Muhammad Nadeem Khan, Canhua Chen, Sabir Khan, Qian Wang, Lin Cai, Rehmat Islam, Haibin Hu, Yuebin Zeng
Abstract
This study provides important information on the burden of candidiasis, particularly candidemia, and the antifungal susceptibility of Candida species among hospitalized patients in an underdeveloped region of China. First, the finding that azoles were least effective against Candida species causing candidemia is particularly noteworthy, as it suggests the possibility of resistance to this class of antifungal agents.
Topics & Concepts
AntifungalInvasive candidiasisEpidemiologyChinaMedicineRetrospective cohort studyTertiary careIntensive care medicineInternal medicineGeographyFluconazoleDermatologyArchaeologyAntifungal resistance and susceptibilityPneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatmentFungal Infections and Studies