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DOI: 10.1111/myc.12792

REVIEW ARTICLE

Candidemia in children: Epidemiology, prevention and management Elpis Mantadakis1

 | Zoe Dorothea Pana2 | Theoklis Zaoutis3

1 Faculty of Medicine, Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Pediatric Hematology/ Oncology, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece 2

Department of Pediatrics, Hippokration General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece 3

Werner and Gertrude Henle Professor of Pediatrics, Professor of Epidemiology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA Correspondence Elpis Mantadakis, Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Pediatric Hematology/ Oncology, Democritus University of Thrace Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University General Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Alexandroupolis, Greece. Email: [email protected]

Summary Candidemia is the leading cause of invasive fungal infections in hospitalised children. The highest rates of candidemia have been recorded in neonates and infants