Prevalence of Candiduria in Infants from a Tertiary Care Hospital

Yeast related urinary tract infections are rare in healthy newborns. Study was conducted in the department of microbiology in a tertiary care hospital, New Delhi from June 2012 to June 2013. Only infants were included in the study. A total of three hundred and thirty three urine samples were received for fungal culture and microscopy. The isolation rate of Candida species amongst the 333 samples was found to be 21.62%. Amongst 333 samples received 37 (11.11%) were positive for Candida albicans while 35 (10.51%) were positive for non albicans Candida species. So, in this study among 72 isolates of Candida, Candida albicans was found in 51.39% while non-albicans Candida species was found to be in 48.61% of the Candida isloates. It is important that the specific species responsible for symptomatic infection is identified, given the differences in antimicrobial susceptibility among Candida species.