Candida Bloodstream Infections in Italy: Changing Epidemiology during 16 Years of Surveillance

Table 2

Distribution of Candida spp. isolates for different age groups.

Candida species	Patients age groups
	<1		1–17		18–40		41–60		61–80		>80		Total
		%		%		%		%		%		%		%
C. albicans	33	19.0	12	6.9	16	9.2	49	28.2	53	30.5	11	6.3	174	100
C. parapsilosis	25	18.2	39	28.5	13	9.5	27	19.7	25	18.2	8	5.8	137	100
C. glabrata	2	9.1	0	0.0	3	13.6	5	22.7	9	40.9	3	13.6	22	100
C. guilliermondii	2	10.5	5	26.3	1	5.3	5	26.3	3	15.8	3	15.8	19	100
C. tropicalis	0	0.0	2	10.5	1	5.3	7	36.8	9	47.4	0	0.0	19	100
C. krusei	0	0.0	1	9.1	1	9.1	5	45.5	4	36.4	0	0.0	11	100
Other Candida spp.	0	0.0	2	16.7	4	33.3	2	16.7	2	16.7	2	16.7	12	100
Total	62	15.7	61	15.5	39	9.9	100	25.4	105	26.6	27	6.9	394	100

Candida spp.: C. lusitaniae, C. norvegensis, C. inconspicua, C. famata, C. intermedia, C. zeylanoides, and C. pelliculosa.