Aims and Objectives:- Infections due to fungus are a new risk in the health care system .now a days number of immunocompromised patients and neonates get infected and die due to mycosis. The fungal infections in neonates and other adult patients suffering from different ailments are due to candida species. By culturing the organism from body fluids and blood samples the diagnosis can be made possible. The objective to study these organism is to identify the risk associated with candediemia. Candida causes infection in all body tissues including ( dermis, ocular ,pulmonary, cardiac, nails, GIT , UTI, joints etc), the patients surviving after severe Candidiases are at high risk of number of malformations and diseases and need many procedures for correction. The purpose of this study is to assess the effects of extracts of cichory on different Candida species in a hospital environment.

Keywords : Mycosis, Candidemia Neonates, Adult , Dermis , Candidiasis