“…The geographical distribution of C. rugosa is limited with most isolates from Latin America, others from Asia-Pacific or Europe and least from North America [1] . Candidemia due to C. rugosa is documented in Indian literature from critically ill trauma patients from New Delhi, a comatose diabetic female from Assam, intravenous catheterrelated infection from Mangalore and in patients admitted to intensive care units [2], [5], [8], [10] .…”