Diagnosis and management of a fatal case of sepsis caused by Candida parapsilosis sensu stricto in a neonate with omphalocele

We present a fatal case of persistent neonatal candidemia by Candida parapsilosis following omphalocele, without other anomalies. Despite an encouraging initial prognosis, after surgical correction and closure of the abdominal wall the case became difficult to treat, as in addition to the exposure o...

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Autores principales: Santana, Simone, Salci, Tania, Andriato, Patricia, Bonfim-Mendonça, Patricia, Caparroz-Assef, Silvana, Negri, Melyssa, Svidzinski, Terezinha
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5768148/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29348997
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2018.01.002
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author Santana, Simone
Salci, Tania
Andriato, Patricia
Bonfim-Mendonça, Patricia
Caparroz-Assef, Silvana
Negri, Melyssa
Svidzinski, Terezinha
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Salci, Tania
Andriato, Patricia
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description We present a fatal case of persistent neonatal candidemia by Candida parapsilosis following omphalocele, without other anomalies. Despite an encouraging initial prognosis, after surgical correction and closure of the abdominal wall the case became difficult to treat, as in addition to the exposure of the patient to multiple risk factors for candidemia, antifungal therapy apparently was not adequate.
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spelling pubmed-57681482018-01-18 Diagnosis and management of a fatal case of sepsis caused by Candida parapsilosis sensu stricto in a neonate with omphalocele Santana, Simone Salci, Tania Andriato, Patricia Bonfim-Mendonça, Patricia Caparroz-Assef, Silvana Negri, Melyssa Svidzinski, Terezinha Med Mycol Case Rep Case Report We present a fatal case of persistent neonatal candidemia by Candida parapsilosis following omphalocele, without other anomalies. Despite an encouraging initial prognosis, after surgical correction and closure of the abdominal wall the case became difficult to treat, as in addition to the exposure of the patient to multiple risk factors for candidemia, antifungal therapy apparently was not adequate. Elsevier 2018-01-10 /pmc/articles/PMC5768148/ /pubmed/29348997 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2018.01.002 Text en © 2018 Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of International Society for Human and Animal Mycology. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
spellingShingle Case Report
Santana, Simone
Salci, Tania
Andriato, Patricia
Bonfim-Mendonça, Patricia
Caparroz-Assef, Silvana
Negri, Melyssa
Svidzinski, Terezinha
Diagnosis and management of a fatal case of sepsis caused by Candida parapsilosis sensu stricto in a neonate with omphalocele
title Diagnosis and management of a fatal case of sepsis caused by Candida parapsilosis sensu stricto in a neonate with omphalocele
title_full Diagnosis and management of a fatal case of sepsis caused by Candida parapsilosis sensu stricto in a neonate with omphalocele
title_fullStr Diagnosis and management of a fatal case of sepsis caused by Candida parapsilosis sensu stricto in a neonate with omphalocele
title_full_unstemmed Diagnosis and management of a fatal case of sepsis caused by Candida parapsilosis sensu stricto in a neonate with omphalocele
title_short Diagnosis and management of a fatal case of sepsis caused by Candida parapsilosis sensu stricto in a neonate with omphalocele
title_sort diagnosis and management of a fatal case of sepsis caused by candida parapsilosis sensu stricto in a neonate with omphalocele
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5768148/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29348997
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2018.01.002
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