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.
Department of Microbiology, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi-110 001, India.
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