Candida: A Clinico-mycological Study

Fungal infections caused by Candida spp. are a cause of morbidity and mortality, with albicans being considered the prime suspect. Other species, tropicalis, pseudotropicalis, parapsilosis, krusei, guilliermondii, vishwanathii equally notorious should be reported aggressively. The presence fungal elements in clinical samples is sometimes low, making their detection challenging amidst tissue other bacterial presence. Therefore, mycological diagnostic methods need to comprehensive no less emphasis on any step.