title: Neonatal candidemia.
abstract: Fifty five clinically diagnosed cases of neonatal septicaemia of the nursery ward, Medical College Hospital Calcutta were subjected to blood culture on two consecutive days in all cases. Bacterial isolates were found in 34 (61.8%) cases as pure growth and candida species from 9 (16.4%) as pure culture. Remaining 12 samples did not yield any growth. Species distribution of candida showed C. albicans 6, C. parapsilosis 2, and C. guillermondii 1. Asphyxia neonatorum was the common feature in all cases of candidaemia. All neonates with candidal infection were low-birth-weight and premature. C. albicans, the predominant species (66.6%) recovered, was responsible for a localised outbreak of infection in the nursery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Medical College, Calcutta.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Roy
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Maiti
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Adhya
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bhattacharya
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chakraborty
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ghosh
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chakraborty
mesh_terms: D002177:Candidiasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000635:transmission; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000635:transmission; D003906:Developing Countries; D016469:Fungemia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000635:transmission; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009725:Nurseries, Hospital