Early Onset Invasive Candidiasis in Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants: Perinatal Acquisition Predicts Poor Outcome
Author(s) -
Michelle Barton,
Alex Shen,
Karel O’Brien,
Joan Robinson,
H. Dele Davies,
Kim Simpson,
Elizabeth Asztalos,
Joanne M. Langley,
Nicole Le Saux,
Reginald S. Sauve,
Anne Synnes,
Ben Tan,
Louis de Repentigny,
Earl Rubin,
Chuck Hui,
Lajos Kovács,
Yvonne Yau,
Susan E. Richardson
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/cix001
Subject(s) - medicine , chorioamnionitis , low birth weight , case fatality rate , pneumonia , pediatrics , birth weight , pregnancy , vaginal delivery , gestation , obstetrics , epidemiology , genetics , biology
Neonatal invasive candidiasis (IC) presenting in the first week of life is less common and less well described than later-onset IC. Risk factors, clinical features, and disease outcomes have not been studied in early-onset disease (EOD, ≤7 days) or compared to late-onset disease (LOD, >7 days).
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