| Autor: |
Gil J Gross, Noni E MacDonald, Andrew MR Mackenzie |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
1992 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol 3, Iss 1, Pp 9-13 (1992) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
1180-2332 |
| DOI: |
10.1155/1992/895836 |
| Popis: |
Malassezia furfur and Candida albicans are fungal pathogens which have been recognized with increasing frequency as agents of mortality and serious morbidity in neonatal intensive care unit patients. A longitudinal study of oral, rectal and umbilical colonization by these organisms of newborns admitted to a neonatal intensive care unit within 24 h of birth was undertaken. Of 71 infants followed for a minimum of 10 days, 24 were colonized with M furfur and 12 with C albicans during the first 10 days of life. The lower gastrointestinal tract was found to be the most common colonization site for both organisms. Statistically significant (P |
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