Table 1 Case definition of invasive fungal infection in very low birthweight infants.

One or more of the following:

• culture of fungus from a sterile site

• blood (peripheral site, not via an indwelling catheter)

• central intravascular catheter (“long line”) tip

• urine (suprapubic aspirate or aseptic “in‐out” urinary catheter sample)

• cerebrospinal fluid

• bone or joint

• peritoneal or pleural space

• pathognomonic findings on ophthalmological or renal ultrasound examination

• autopsy diagnosis of invasive fungal infection