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Systemic candidiasis in premature infants
Author(s) -
HO NAIKIONG
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1984.tb00060.x
Subject(s) - medicine , systemic candidiasis , urinary system , antibiotics , intensive care medicine , blood culture , diagnostic test , pediatrics , candida infections , dermatology , antifungal , microbiology and biotechnology , corpus albicans , biology
Four cases of systemic candidiasis in premature infants with different clinical presentations are reported. Diagnosis of the condition can be difficult as clinical manifestations are non‐specific and Candida may not be recovered in blood culture. The condition should be suspected in predisposed babies with unabating or deteriorating infections despite appropriate antibiotic therapy. We propose routine microscopic urinary examination for Candida as a screening test for the infection.