those due to the yeast Candida albicans remained unidentified. The present study was
performed at the Chabane Hamdoune hospital in Maghnia (Algeria), where 51 strains of C.
albicans representing 16.94% of all taken samples were isolated. They were collected from
catheters and probes used in different hospital services with variable rates; the most
concerned service was ICU (40.74%) followed by gynecology department (17.39%), while …