"White dots on the placenta and red dots on the baby": Congential cutaneous candidiasis - A rare disease of the neonate

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 996-999

  Diana, A ^a   Epiney, M ^a   Ecoffey, M ^a   Pfister, R E ^a,b  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b Hopital des Enfants Hopitaux universitaires de Geneve   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Candida chorioamnionitis; Cutaneous congenital candidiasis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ECONAZOLE; FLUCONAZOLE; GENTAMICIN;

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BREECH PRESENTATION; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FEVER; FUNGUS CULTURE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEMBRANE RUPTURE; MUCOCUTANEOUS CANDIDIASIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS, CUTANEOUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SKIN; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 3042606343     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08035250410028093     Document Type: Article

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