الفهرس 
Laboratory diagnosis of fungal infectionOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
Fungal inf ctions iare commonly ncount red in th hospitalized
neonate. A number of ••ell stabli hed 11 k factor as ociated •• vith
th d velopment f fung mia are frequently found ill this population,
namely prematurity, 10’. birth veight h p ralimentatiou
admini trationofantibiotics andcolticosteroid the use of
intravascular and urinary oath ters and parentral nutrition (Morello et
a1.,2002).
Candida peeie i the third 111 t frequent cau ’211 agent of late-on et
ep is and mortality in leU (Makhoul et al., 2002).
Diaencsis of fungal infection i hampered by the non pecifi ity of
clinical ymptom and poor en ith ity of the serum inflammatory
marker
(Benjamin et al., 2000) .
1 xtreme ru pi ion and early diagnosi are imp rativ becau a late
commencement of systemic antifungal treatment is a well
d cumented cause of increa ed mortality.