Commentary: "Candidemia in tertiary hospitals in northeastern Brazil"

Abstract

© 2019 Hinrichsen SL. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The article “Candidemia in tertiary hospitals in northeastern Brazil” is devoted to an important problem in tertiary hospitals where there is the availability of all kinds of super specialities. Candida infections have increased significantly in recent decades and this has been associated to the rise of morbidity and mortality in critically ill patients, as well as elevated hospital costs and the extending of the hospitalization period1,2. Candidemia is responsible for almost 80% of all hospital related fungal infections, known as Candida spp. and it is a common isolated pathogen that leads to nosocomial Sepsis in adults and frequently in neonates(newborns)2-6.