Pediatric Candiduria: Insights from an observational study at a tertiary care hospital in northwestern India

Table 1 Distribution of patients as per age, gender, location and direct microscopy findings

Variables	Number of participants	%
Sex
Male	61	77.22
Female	18	22.78
Total	79	100.00
Age
Neonate (< 1 month)	39	49.37
Infant (1 month to 1 year)	21	26.58
1-5 years	9	11.39
5-10 years	5	6.39
10-14 years	5	6.39
Total	79	100.00
Location
Neonatal intensive care unit	30	37.97
Paediatric intensive care unit	22	27.85
In-patient department	22	27.85
Out-patient department	5	6.33
Total	79	100.00
Colony counts (colony forming unit/mL)
103-104	8	10.13
104-105	28	35.44
>105	43	54.43
Total	79	100.00
Pus cells
Absent	12	15.19
Present	67	84.81
Total	79	100.00