Prevalence and Distribution Profiles of Candida parapsilosis, Candida orthopsilosis and Candida metapsilosis Responsible for Superficial Candidiasis in a Chinese University Hospital

@article{Feng2011PrevalenceAD,
  title={Prevalence and Distribution Profiles of Candida parapsilosis, Candida orthopsilosis and Candida metapsilosis Responsible for Superficial Candidiasis in a Chinese University Hospital},
  author={Xiao-bo Feng and Bo Ling and Guimei Yang and Xia Yu and Daming Ren and Zhirong Yao},
  journal={Mycopathologia},
  year={2011},
  volume={173},
  pages={229 - 234},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:18867907}
}
Insight is provided into the epidemiology of the species complex in superficial candidiasis and the distribution profiles of the C. parapsilosis complex in adult patients were different from that in pediatric patients, and the prevalence rate of it varied greatly by sites of isolation.
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