Abstract
Fungal organisms pose a life-threatening risk to vulnerable premature infants. In this review, all cases of fungal sepsis in a large tertiary neonatal unit over the last 10 years (2008-2018) in premature neonates (<30 weeks gestation) were reviewed. This time frame spanned a change in prophylaxis policy from fluconazole to nystatin in 2012. The most common fungal organism causing sepsis was Candida albicans in 80% of cases and Candida parapsilosis in 13%. All fungal organisms cultured were fully sensitive; no resistant cases were seen in the last 10 years. Encouragingly, rates of infection were static (between 0 and 3 cases/year) over the last 10 years, despite the unit’s policy for antifungal prophylaxis changing from fluconazole to nystatin in 2012.
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