Changing trends of Candida species in neonatal septicaemia in a tertiary North Indian hospital.
Four hundred and fifty four blood samples of clinically diagnosed septicemic neonates were collected over a period of six months from the neonatal ICU of Kalawati Saran Children Hospital, New Delhi. 144 samples were culture positive; out of which 50 (34.7%) were Candida isolates. 92% isolates were Candida tropicalis, 4% were C. albicans and C. kefyr each. The study emphasises the changing pattern of Candida species and their importance in blood stream infections in neonates.
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Department of Microbiology, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi-110 001, India.
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