Evolving Invasive Neonatal Systemic Candidiasis, a Review

Evolving Invasive Neonatal Systemic Candidiasis, a Review

1Consultant Neonatologist, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Pediatric Department, Latifa Women & Children Hospital, Dubai Health Authority, UAE 2Consultant Neonatologist and Head of Pediatric Department & Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Latifa Women & Children Hospital, Dubai Health Authority, UAE 3Specialist Senior Registrar, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Pediatric Department, Latifa Women & Childr...

Invasive candidiasis and candidemia in pediatric and neonatal patients: A review of current guidelines

Several international and national guidelines have been proposed for the treatment and prevention of invasive candidiasis/candidemia (IC/C) in both neonatal and pediatric patients. This article is a review of the current guidelines, recommendations, and expert panel consensus of a number of associations and conferences on the prevention and management of IC and candidemia in both pediatric and ...

Systemic neonatal candidiasis.

Forty-five cases of systemic neonatal candidiasis were diagnosed over a 9-year period in a neonatal intensive care unit; 42 infants weighted less than 1.5 kg. All had been very ill with preceding bacterial sepsis and other complications of low birthweight. Where treatment was instituted the mortality was low (4 out of 39 dying) and complications of treatment were transitory. We therefore recomm...

Neonatal systemic candidiasis.

Neonatal systemic candidiasis.

Ten babies who required neonatal intensive care developed systemic candidiasis. Eight were extremely preterm (28 weeks' gestation or less) and all received prolonged ventilation, multiple courses of broad spectrum antibiotics, and intravenous hyperalimentation. Diagnosis was established by culture of yeasts from suprapubic urine specimens; venous blood cultures proved unreliable. Initial treatm...