Molecular Analysis of Resistance and Detection of Non-Wild-Type Strains Using Etest Epidemiological Cutoff Values for Amphotericin B and Echinocandins for Bloodstream Candida Infections from a Tertiary Hospital in Qatar | Zendy

Saad J. TajAldeen | Zendy; Husam Salah | Zendy; Winder B. Perez | Zendy; Muna Almaslamani | Zendy; Mary Motyl | Zendy; Atqah AbdulWahab | Zendy; Kelley R. Healey | Zendy; David S. Perlin | Zendy

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Molecular Analysis of Resistance and Detection of Non-Wild-Type Strains Using Etest Epidemiological Cutoff Values for Amphotericin B and Echinocandins for Bloodstream Candida Infections from a Tertiary Hospital in Qatar

Author(s) -

Saad J. TajAldeen,

Husam Salah,

Winder B. Perez,

Muna Almaslamani,

Mary Motyl,

Atqah AbdulWahab,

Kelley R. Healey,

David S. Perlin

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.07

H-Index - 259

eISSN - 1070-6283

pISSN - 0066-4804

DOI - 10.1128/aac.00214-18

Subject(s) - etest , echinocandins , amphotericin b , microbiology and biotechnology , epidemiology , medicine , tertiary care , antifungal , antibiotics , biology , caspofungin

A total of 301Candida bloodstream isolates collected from 289 patients over 5 years at a tertiary hospital in Qatar were evaluated. Out of allCandida infections, 53% were diagnosed in patients admitted to the intensive care units.

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