Research Article

Medical Device-Associated Candida Infections in a Rural Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital of India

Table 1

Rate of medical device-associated infections.

Type of MDAI (number of cases)Total number of device days Number of MDAI detectedInfection rate (per 1000 device days)
Bacterial (%)Candida (%)Total (%)Bacterial Candida Total

CA-UTI (10621)3231047 (0.4)33 (0.3)80 (0.7)1.41.02.4
CR-BSI (2632)1011306 (0.2)03 (0.1)09 (0.3)0.50.30.8
VAP (203)119804 (1.9)ā€”04 (1.9)3.3ā€”3.3
Total (13456)4362157 (0.4)36 (0.2)93 (0.6)1.30.82.1