Open AccessMOLECULAR EVIDENCE OF CONGENITAL CANDIDIASIS ASSOCIATED WITH MATERNAL CANDIDAL VAGINITIS
Author(s) -
ChihJung Chen,
Yi Ming Weng,
LinHui Su,
Yayu Huang
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
the pediatric infectious disease journal/the pediatric infectious disease journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1532-0987
pISSN - 0891-3668
DOI - 10.1097/01.inf.0000220233.00827.36
Subject(s) - vaginitis , medicine , vagina , candida albicans , vaginal disease , mycosis , invasive candidiasis , genotype , immunology , microbiology and biotechnology , dermatology , fluconazole , biology , antifungal , gynecology , genetics , gene , surgery
A premature newborn born to a mother with candidal vaginitis developed congenital invasive candidiasis. The isolates of Candida albicans from the bloodstream and the oral cavity of the neonate and the vagina of the mother shared a common genotype, which provide direct evidence of the association of congenital candidiasis with candidal vaginitis in the mother.