| increasing fungal isolation from clinical specimens: experience in a university hospital over a decade. | the local patterns of fungal isolates were studied by a retrospective analysis of fungal species isolated from clinical specimens in a university hospital in jerusalem. between 1984 and 1993, 5630 fungi [4071 patient unique isolates (pui)] were isolated and identified. during the study decade, the annual incidence of all isolates increased 2.7-fold, and pui increased 1.6-fold. candida albicans accounted for 61% of pui; urine was the source of 53%. the intensive care units (icus) and the bone mar ... | 1997 | 9093917 |