Candidemia and Death by Candida orthopsilosis and Candida metapsilosis in Neonates and Children

Abstract

Candida parapsilosis is the second most common yeast causing candidemia in children. The variable genetic composition of this taxon led to division of C. parapsilosis group to three different species: C. parapsilosis, Candida orthopsilosis, and Candida metapsilosis.1 The incidence of infections related to C. orthopsilosis or C. metapsilosis seems to be unusual.2