Prevention of invasive Candida infections in preterm infants: the time is now

Figures & data

Figure 1. Neurodevelopmental impairment and bloodstream infection in infants weighing under 1000 g.

Neurodevelopmental impairment: one or more of the following: PDI or MDI of under 70, cerebral palsy, visual or hearing impairment. Clinical infection: late-onset infection with negative cultures following antibiotic treatment for at least 5 days.

^*p ≤ 0.001 compared with no-infection group.

CoNS: Coagulase-negative staphylococci; MDI: Mental developmental index; PDI: Psychomotor developmental index.

Figure 2. Invasive Candida infection surveillance chart.

^*Other infections are peritoneal and/or other sterile body fluid infections.

ICI: Invasive Candida infections (bloodstream, UTI, meningitis and other infections); NDI: Neurodevelopmental impairment (one or more of the following: psychomotor developmental index or mental developmental index < 70, cerebral palsy, blindness or need for hearing aids/deafness); UTI: Urinary tract infection.