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Table 1 Incidence and Candida spp. causing invasive candidiasis over a 12-year period in children

From: Comparison of the incidence, clinical features and outcomes of invasive candidiasis in children and neonates

 

Neonatal episodes (NICU)

Non-neonatal episodes

PICU

General wards

Total episodes

113 (33.0)

124 (36.2)

105 (30.7)

Incidence rate

 per 100,000 inpatient days

26.9

147.2

16.7

 per 10,000 admissions

55.0

88.5

7.5

Pathogens

 Candida albicans

54 (47.8)

61 (49.2)

40 (38.1)

 Candida parapsilosis

32 (28.3)

29 (23.4)

34 (32.4)

 Candida tropicalis

2 (1.8)

13 (10.5)

7 (6.7)

 Candida glabrata

10 (8.8)

7 (5.6)

4 (3.8)

 Others

15 (13.3)

14 (11.3)

20 (19.0)

Sites of isolations

 Blood

103

118

97

 Central venous cathetera

22

29

18

 Abdomen

9

12

6

 Urineb

4

7

2

 Cerebrospinal fluid

2

2

1

 Lungc

0

4

0

  1. NICU neonatal intensive care unit, PICU pediatric intensive care unit
  2. aIncluding Port-A catheter, Hickman catheter, and percutaneous inserted central venous catheter
  3. bSuprapubic puncture for collection of urine in the NICU, and catheterization for collection of specimen in non-neonatal children
  4. cCultures from pleural fluid
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BMC Infectious Diseases

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