Severe candida sepsis in a preterm infant with congenital ichthyosis

Report of a Congenital Ichthyosis

A case of congenital ichthiosis 1s presented. Histo­logic pattern and the treatment is discussed. 

Kluyvera cryocrescens sepsis in a preterm infant.

Kluyvera cryocrescens, formerly accepted as a benign saprophytic microorganism, is an opportunistic pathogen and its infection is very rare in humans. This report describes a preterm infant born at 30 weeks of gestational age and successfully treated for K. cryocrescens sepsis in the 3rd week of life. To our knowledge, this is the first case of K. cryocrescens sepsis in a newborn. The potential...

Severe hypernatraemia in a very preterm infant.

Hypernatraemia in very low birth weight babies has been well documented and is usually attributable to excessive insensible water loss. We report a case in which, despite a peak serum sodium concentration of 204 mmol/l, the baby survived without morbidity. Treatment was simply to increase the intake of free water in Dextrose.

Severe complications in preterm infant with late-onset staphylococcus aureus sepsis

A comparison study between Candida parapsilosis sepsis and Candida albicans sepsis in preterm infants.

In this study, we aimed to investigate the clinical characteristics of Candida parapsilosis sepsis in preterm infants. In this retrospective analysis of the clinical data of 11 cases of Candida parapsilosis sepsis and 13 cases of C. albicans sepsis, the two groups were compared for research using one-way analysis of variance (one-way ANOVA), chi2 test, and non-conditional logistic regression an...