fungemia in cancer patients in brazil: predominance of non-albicans species. | the objective of this study was to characterize the epidemiology of candidemia in cancer patients in the city of rio de janeiro, brazil. an 18-month survey of fungemia in patients with cancer was undertaken in three hospitals in rio de janeiro. forty-three episodes of candidemia were identified in 43 patients, 43 of which were episodes of candidemia; in ten case the strains were not available for further identification of species and were excluded from this analysis. the overall distribution of ... | 1998 | 9750336 |