Aims and Objectives:- Infections due to fungus are a
new risk in the health care system .now a days number
of immunocompromised patients and neonates get
infected and die due to mycosis. The fungal infections in
neonates and other adult patients suffering from
different ailments are due to candida species. By
culturing the organism from body fluids and blood
samples the diagnosis can be made possible. The
objective to study these organism is to identify the risk
associated with candediemia. Candida causes infection
in all body tissues including ( dermis, ocular ,pulmonary,
cardiac, nails, GIT , UTI, joints etc), the patients
surviving after severe Candidiases are at high risk of
number of malformations and diseases and need many
procedures for correction. The purpose of this study is to
assess the effects of extracts of cichory on different
Candida species in a hospital environment.
Keywords : Mycosis, Candidemia Neonates, Adult , Dermis , Candidiasis