Different risk factors for candidemia occur for Candida species belonging to the C. parapsilosis complex

作者：Constante C C; Monteiro A A; Alves S H; Carneiro L C; Machado M M; Severo L C; Park S; Perlin D S; Pasqualotto A C^*

来源：Medical Mycology, 2014, 52(4): 403-406.

DOI：10.1093/mmy/myt034

Previous studies have demonstrated reduced virulence in the species that comprise the Candida parapsilosis complex. We investigated a cohort of 93 patients with candidemia caused by this complex. Most infections were caused by C. parapsilosis (80.6%), followed by C. orthopsilosis (18.3%) and C. metapsilosis (1.1%). Renal failure (P < 0.001) and chronic liver diseases (P = 0.019) were more frequently encountered with infections caused by the C. orthopsilosis group, suggesting an association with patients who had a greater state of immune suppression in comparison with infections caused by C. parapsilosis sensu stricto.

• 出版日期2014-5