Incidence of Candida albicans Infection in Cerebrospinal fluid - A First Report from Vidarbha, Central India

The candidial infection of cerebrospinal fluid is an uncommon manifestation but may have an usual occurrence in an immunocompromised patients treated with broad spectrum antibiotics in association with intravenous hyper alimentation following the surgical manipulation of mucosal surface colonized with Candida species. In the present study, the CSF samples of the patient were collected and the organism isolated was identified as C. albicans. So far, there is no report of C. albicans in CSF from Vidarbha region, hence an attempt has been made in the present study.