This retrospective epidemiological study, was performed in theUniversity Hospital of Ioannina Northwestern Greece, during a 12 yearperiod (2001-2012).The purpose of this study was to determine the incidence ofcandidemia during the last 12 years, to investigate the causative agentswhich are responsible of its appearance and possible changes in thedistribution of Candida species isolated and their sensitivity to antifungal agents.During the study period, 211 different episodes of candidemia and 216blood yeast isolates were identified. Isolation of Candida spp from bloodcultures was performed by BacT/Alert automated system (BioMérieux,France). All isolates were identified using Vitek II system (BioMérieux)and API32C (BioMérieux). Antifungal su...