| the yeast species causing fungemia at a university hospital in riyadh, saudi arabia, during a 10-year period. | this study is a retrospective investigation to determine the species of yeasts causing fungemia in a university hospital in saudi arabia during the years 1991-2000. a total of 189 episodes of fungemia were encountered, of which 121 (64%) occurred during 1991-1995, whereas only 68 cases (36%) were found between 1996 and 2000. overall, 50.3% episodes were due to candida albicans including five episodes of c. dubliniensis, followed by c. tropicalis (27%), c. parapsilosis (7.9%), c. glabrata (7.4%), ... | 2003 | 12950897 |