Disseminated candidemia refractory to caspofungin therapy in an infant with extremely low birth weight
Systemic fungal infections have high morbidity and mortality rates in neonates, especially neonates with an extremely low birth weight (ELBW). Here, we describe a 21-day-old ELBW female infant with an amphotericin B-unresponsive congenital Candida albicans infection that was treated with caspofungin...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2012-01-01
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| Series: | Journal of the Formosan Medical Association |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0929664612000095 |