Aims: Determining characteristics of fungaemia among severe burn patients. Methods: A retrospective study was conducted on 11 severe burn patients with fungaemia at Burn Intensive care Unit, National Institute of Burn from 08/2012 to 08/2014. Result: All patients was infected by C.albicans with mean elapsed time of burn injury to the isolation was 17 +/- 7.21 days. Average burn surface area was 53,8 +/- 17,86 percent, ful/thickness surface area was 25.36 +/- 7.68 percent. 18.2 percent patients was associated with inhalation injury. All patients was described broad-spectrum antibiotics, intravenous parenteral nutrition support, central venous catheter and urinary catheters, mechanical ventilation was performed on 27.27 percent patients, hyperglycemia was seen in 63.64 of cases. Clinical manifestation was not specific and indistinguishable with septicemia. C.albicans were still susceptible to azoles and polyenes agents. Overall mortality rate was 27.27 percent with average hospitalization time was 40.18 days. Conclusion: C.albicans contributes as a main cause of fungaemia among severe burn patients with significantly risk factors and high mortality rate.
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