Candida fungemia in neonates treated with fluconazole: report of forty cases, including eight with meningitis
- 1 November 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
- Vol. 17 (11) , 1012-1015
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00006454-199811000-00010
Abstract
To assess efficacy and safety of fluconazole in neonates with Candida fungemia. Multicenter prospective protocol of all fungemias appearing between January 1, 1993, and December 31, 1997, in four major university hospitals. Forty neonates, 28 of them with very low birth weight (Candida albicans Fluconazole was safe and effective antifungal therapy even in complicated or Candida fungemia in neonates and in infants with very low birth weight.Keywords
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