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Table 4 Fungal species on colonization

From: Oral nystatin prophylaxis to prevent systemic fungal infection in very low birth weight preterm infants: a randomized controlled trial

 

Nystatin group

(n = 14)

Control group

(n = 27)

p-value

Single species, n (%)

11 (78.6)

17 (62.9)

0.481c

Candida albicans

7

9

 

Candida non albicansa

2

7

 

Malassezia, spp

2

1

 

Multiple species, n (%)b

3 (21.4)

10 (37.0)

 
  1. aC. parapsilosis/glabrata/tropicalis
  2. bC. albicans with C. parapsilosis/glabrata/tropicalis/kefyr or Malassezia spp.
  3. cCalculated as comparison between single and multiple species
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BMC Pediatrics

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