Consequently, the fungal BWI has shown an increasing trend.[ 9 – 14 ] EPIDEMIOLOGY The incidence of fungal infection documented in literature is from 6.3 to 44% reported from various burn centres around the world.[ 3 9 – 11 ] However, a prior study from a largest burn centre in Asia done on 220 burn patients gave a 42% positivity rate for isolation of Candida spp.
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