Cutaneous Fungal Infection in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Patient: A Case Report and Literature Review
| Autor: | Vesta Kucinskiene, Skaidra Valiukeviciene, Auguste Sutkute |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Antifungal Agents Neonatal intensive care unit integumentary system business.industry Infant Newborn Twins Monozygotic Dermatology Skin infection medicine.disease Zygomycosis Intensive care Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Intensive Care Neonatal medicine Malassezia species Humans Female Clotrimazole business Intensive care medicine Infant Premature Premature neonate |
| Zdroj: | Pediatric Dermatology. 31:267-270 |
| ISSN: | 0736-8046 |
| Popis: | Fungal skin infections are not uncommon in healthy, premature or immunocompromised newborns. Healthy neonates usually develop fungal skin infections caused by dermatophytes, Candida and Malassezia species, whereas immunocompromised neonates are more susceptible to skin infections with opportunistic pathogens (Aspergilus, Zygomycetes). Therefore neonatal fungal skin infections can range from generally benign superficial lesions to potentially fatal, deep, necrotic forms with dissemination. We present the case of a premature neonate twin with cutaneous fungal infection in a neonatal intensive care unit. Because there were doubts concerning the correspondence of the clinical features with the cultured species in the newborn, a literature review was performed searching for similar clinical cases. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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