Recently, Cryptococcus and non-albicans Candida (NAC) have emerged as health-threatening pathogens for clinical fungal infections. Due to their increased resistance to existing antifungal drugs, novel
a PSI score (mean ± SD) of corresponding patients. b ND: not done. c Not classifiable using the scheme proposed by Degrange et al. (2009). : J VS M p<0.001, J VS P p = 0.001, J VS S p = 0.008, J VS V
The aim of this study is to investigate the epidemiological, virulence and resistance characteristics of Klebsiella pneumoniae strains, isolated from cystic fibrosis patients in Russia.