Updated Study for Early Diagnosis of Systemic Candida Infection in Immunocompromised Patients, Comparison To Standard Culture Methods

infections caused by Candida species in general are referred to ascandidiasis. Candida albicans is the commonest and most pathogenicspecies. Candida is an opportunistic pathogen so it needs manypredisposing factors in order to cause disease.Almost any organ or system in the body can be affected bycandidiasis. It may be superficial involving skin , nails and mucosalsurfaces, deep seated infections in internal organs or disseminateddisease.The term candidemia indicates the presence of Candida species inthe blood, this severe infection occurs when there are certain risk factorssuch as immunosuppression , steroids , cytotoxic drugs , broad spectrumantibiotics, central venous catheters (CVC), neutropenia and majorsurgery.