Study of a Cohort of Patients With Cystic Fibrosis and Isolation of Scedosporium spp.

Introduction: In recent years an increase in the prevalence of colonization and infection by Scedosporium spp. in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) has been observed. In this article, we study the frequency of isolation of Scedosporium spp.

Achromobacter xylosoxidans infection in an adult cystic fibrosis unit in Madrid.

Background: Achromobacter xylosoxidans is an emerging pathogen in cystic fibrosis (CF). Although the rate of colonization by this microorganism is variable, prevalence is increasing in CF units.

Methods: A microbiological/clinical study was conducted on of adult CF patients harboring A.

[Changes in the epidemiology of fungaemia and fluconazole susceptibility of blood isolates during the last 10 years in Spain: results from the FUNGEMYCA study].

Background: Recent epidemiological surveillance studies have reported an increase in fungaemia caused by non-Candida albicans species, as well as a decrease in fluconazole susceptibility.

Objectives: To evaluate changes in the epidemiology of fungaemia in Spain comparing data from a new surveillance epidemiological study conducted in 2009 with a previous study carried out from 1997 to 1999 (Pemán J, et al. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis.