Distribution of candida species amongst various clinical samples from immunocompromised patients attending tertiary care hospital, Assam

Candidiasis is the commonest fungal disease found in humans affecting mucosa, skin, nails and internal organs. It is caused by various species of yeast like fungi belonging to genus Candida with Candida albicans as the representative species. This study was undertaken to find out the prevalence of candidiasis in immunocompromised patients in this part of the country as well as to identify the different species isolated. History was elicited from all the patients enrolled in this study after taking informed consent from the patient. A total of 92 immunocompromised patients which include (45 cases of diabetes mellitus, 30 cases of HIV/AIDS, 10 cases with hematological malignancy and 7 cases with renal transplant surgery.