Open AccessInvasive candidiasis in a neonatal intensive care unit in Lagos, Nigeria
Author(s) -
Beatrice Nkolika Ezenwa,
Rita Oladele,
Patricia Akintan,
Iretiola Fajolu,
Philip O Oshun,
O.O. Oduyebo,
Chinyere Ezeaka
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
nigerian postgraduate medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 19
ISSN - 1117-1936
DOI - 10.4103/npmj.npmj_104_17
Subject(s) - medicine , neonatal intensive care unit , incidence (geometry) , case fatality rate , sepsis , medical record , pediatrics , retrospective cohort study , neonatal sepsis , intensive care , antibiotics , epidemiology , intensive care medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , physics , optics , biology
Invasive candidiasis has been identified globally as a major cause of morbidity and mortality in neonatal intensive care units (NICU). Systemic candidiasis presents like bacterial sepsis and can involve multiple organs.