Background: Invasive candidiasis is an increasing problem in neonatal intensive care units worldwide and is an important cause of morbidity, mortality and prolongation of hospital stay. Despite ...

Background: Candida species are the third most common cause of pediatric health care–associated bloodstream infection in the United States and Europe. To our knowledge, this report from the ...

Invasive candidiasis represents a spectrum of life-threatening fungal infections that commonly afflict critically ill patients. It encompasses candidemia—bloodstream invasion by Candida species—and ...

Invasive candidiasis, which in many patients represents a life-threatening condition, is “largely a disease of medical progress,” according to the Guidelines. Risk factors include the use of ...

An estimated 1.5 million deaths worldwide are attributed to invasive fungal diseases annually. 5 Of these, hospital-acquired infections—most frequently caused by species of Candida—account for around ...