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The aim of this study was to characterize the epidemiology (incidence, species distribution, demographic characteristics, and origin) of Candida spp. isolates in urine through a retrospective cross-sectional analysis of urine culture isolates from clinical samples between January 2016 and December 2023. Out of a total of 111,656 urine cultures, Candida spp. was isolated at 2.72% (n = 3037). The most frequently isolated species was Candida albicans (54.25%; 1646\/3037), followed by Nakaseomyces glabrata (22.78%; 692\/3037) and Candida tropicalis (10.2%; 311\/3037). Advanced age (&gt;70 years), male sex, presence of a urinary catheter, and origin from intensive care units, oncology, or surgical services were variables associated with a higher risk of candiduria, highlighting the relevance of candiduria in the presence of such clinical scenarios.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jof11070483","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,6,26]],"date-time":"2025-06-26T05:53:13Z","timestamp":1750917193000},"page":"483","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["Microbiological Relevance of Candida in Urine Cultures"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"11","author":[{"given":"Leticia","family":"Castellano-S\u00e1nchez","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Microbiology Laboratory, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Instituto de Investigaci\u00f3n Biosanitaria de Granada, 18012 Granada, Spain"},{"name":"Clinical Medicine and Public Health Doctoral Program, PostGraduate School, University of Granada, 18012 Granada, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Antonio","family":"Rosales-Castillo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Clinical Medicine and Public Health Doctoral Program, PostGraduate School, University of Granada, 18012 Granada, Spain"},{"name":"Internal Medicine Department, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Instituto de Investigaci\u00f3n Biosanitaria de Granada, 18012 Granada, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0004-0248-5408","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Raquel","family":"Marcos-Rodr\u00edguez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Microbiology Laboratory, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Instituto de Investigaci\u00f3n Biosanitaria de Granada, 18012 Granada, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8374-064X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mar\u00eda Carmen","family":"Olvera-Porcel","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Biostatistics, Unidad de Gesti\u00f3n y Apoyo a la Investigaci\u00f3n, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, 18014 Granada, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5227-5167","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda","family":"Navarro-Mar\u00ed","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Microbiology Laboratory, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Instituto de Investigaci\u00f3n Biosanitaria de Granada, 18012 Granada, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6146-9740","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jos\u00e9","family":"Guti\u00e9rrez-Fern\u00e1ndez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Microbiology Laboratory, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Instituto de Investigaci\u00f3n Biosanitaria de Granada, 18012 Granada, Spain"},{"name":"Clinical Medicine and Public Health Doctoral Program, PostGraduate School, University of Granada, 18012 Granada, Spain"},{"name":"Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Granada, Instituto de Investigaci\u00f3n Biosanitaria de Granada, 18016 Granada, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,6,26]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"S452","DOI":"10.1093\/cid\/cir111","article-title":"Candida Urinary Tract Infections\u2014Diagnosis","volume":"52","author":"Kauffman","year":"2011","journal-title":"Clin. 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