#Corresponding author
Hideharu Hagiya. M.D., Ph.D.
Department of General Medicine, Okayama University Graduate School of
Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho,
Kitaku, Okayama 700-8558, Japan. Phone number: +81-86-234-7342, Fax
number: +81-86-234-7345
E-mail address: hagiya@okayama-u.ac.jp
Keywords: biofilm, thrombophlebitis, Candida albicans ,
central-line associated bloodstream infection, candidemia
Author Contributions : SF and YN contributed to patient care. SF
wrote the manuscript, and KY and HH revised, and FO organized it.