Absidia corymbifera infections in neonates.
Clin Infect Dis
; 26(4): 990-2, 1998 Apr.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-9564488
ABSTRACT
We report the first two documented cases of neonatal zygomycosis caused by Absidia corymbifera. A premature infant developed disseminated disease from a cutaneous site with pulmonary, gastrointestinal, and cerebral involvement. The infant died despite amphotericin B therapy and surgical debridement. The second case occurred in a full-term infant with congenital heart disease and fungal pneumonitis. Zygomycosis was not suspected because of underlying cardiac disease and a complicated postoperative course, and this infant also died. Absidia joins a growing list of opportunistic fungal pathogens of the compromised neonate.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Mucorales
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Mucormicose
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
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Newborn
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Clin Infect Dis
Assunto da revista:
DOENCAS TRANSMISSIVEIS
Ano de publicação:
1998
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos