No Increase in Frequency of Antifungal Resistance among Yeasts Isolated from Normally Sterile Sites in Patients at Foothills Hospital from 1993 to 1996

OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of resistance to antifungal drugs among yeasts isolated from sterile sites from patients in one hospital and the relationship of resistance to antifungal use, and to assess whether resistance was increasing.

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Main Authors: A Patrick Gibb, Cheryl Thorson, Harry van den Elzen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 1999-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1999/103548
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spelling doaj-art-446deba2601542cf93dec6a6c6597c942025-02-03T01:33:04ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Infectious Diseases1180-23321999-01-01101273210.1155/1999/103548No Increase in Frequency of Antifungal Resistance among Yeasts Isolated from Normally Sterile Sites in Patients at Foothills Hospital from 1993 to 1996A Patrick Gibb0Cheryl Thorson1Harry van den Elzen2Departments of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University of Calgary, Foothills Hospital, Calgary, Alberta, CanadaDepartments of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University of Calgary, Foothills Hospital, Calgary, Alberta, CanadaDepartments of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University of Calgary, Foothills Hospital, Calgary, Alberta, CanadaOBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of resistance to antifungal drugs among yeasts isolated from sterile sites from patients in one hospital and the relationship of resistance to antifungal use, and to assess whether resistance was increasing.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1999/103548
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No Increase in Frequency of Antifungal Resistance among Yeasts Isolated from Normally Sterile Sites in Patients at Foothills Hospital from 1993 to 1996
Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases
title No Increase in Frequency of Antifungal Resistance among Yeasts Isolated from Normally Sterile Sites in Patients at Foothills Hospital from 1993 to 1996
title_full No Increase in Frequency of Antifungal Resistance among Yeasts Isolated from Normally Sterile Sites in Patients at Foothills Hospital from 1993 to 1996
title_fullStr No Increase in Frequency of Antifungal Resistance among Yeasts Isolated from Normally Sterile Sites in Patients at Foothills Hospital from 1993 to 1996
title_full_unstemmed No Increase in Frequency of Antifungal Resistance among Yeasts Isolated from Normally Sterile Sites in Patients at Foothills Hospital from 1993 to 1996
title_short No Increase in Frequency of Antifungal Resistance among Yeasts Isolated from Normally Sterile Sites in Patients at Foothills Hospital from 1993 to 1996
title_sort no increase in frequency of antifungal resistance among yeasts isolated from normally sterile sites in patients at foothills hospital from 1993 to 1996
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1999/103548
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