SYSTEMIC CANDIDIASIS IN BABIES WITH RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY

Fifteen premature babies developed systemic candidiasis during the administration of intravenous hyperalimentation in the Beilinson Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Candida albicans was found in the blood cultures of all the babies and in the urine cultures of 66.7% of them. Repeated funduscopic examin...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology 1992-10, Vol.230 (6), p.592-594
Hauptverfasser:	KREMER, NAOR, N, DAVIDSON, S, ARBIZO, M, NISSENKORN
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Biological and medical sciences Candida albicans - isolation & purification Candidiasis - complications Eye Infections, Fungal - complications Fungemia - complications Gestational Age Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Infant, Premature Life Sciences & Biomedicine Medical sciences Ophthalmology Parenteral Nutrition Prospective Studies Retinopathies Retinopathy of Prematurity - complications Retinopathy of Prematurity - microbiology Science & Technology Urine - microbiology
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Zusammenfassung:	Fifteen premature babies developed systemic candidiasis during the administration of intravenous hyperalimentation in the Beilinson Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Candida albicans was found in the blood cultures of all the babies and in the urine cultures of 66.7% of them. Repeated funduscopic examinations revealed no evidence of septic embolization in the retinal or choroidal circulation. It should be noted that acute retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) grade 2 or 3 was found in all the babies.
ISSN:	0721-832X 1435-702X
DOI:	10.1007/BF00181784