Fournier Gangrene Caused by Candida albicans in an Infant After Cardiac Surgery

Fournier gangrene is a rare, rapidly progressive, life-threatening condition. We report a 23-day-old boy with pulmonary atresia and ventricular septal defect treated surgically, who developed Fournier gangrene. Emergency surgery was performed with tissue sampling for microbiological examination. Can...

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Autores principales: Jaworski, Radoslaw, Irga-Jaworska, Ninela, Naumiuk, Łukasz, Chojnicki, Maciej, Haponiuk, Ireneusz
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Netherlands 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5344938/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27807668
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11046-016-0086-4
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Sumario:Fournier gangrene is a rare, rapidly progressive, life-threatening condition. We report a 23-day-old boy with pulmonary atresia and ventricular septal defect treated surgically, who developed Fournier gangrene. Emergency surgery was performed with tissue sampling for microbiological examination. Candida albicans was confirmed; caspofungin followed by fluconazole was administered with excellent results.

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