Abstract

Mucocutaneous infection with Candida spp. in infants ranges from such common conditions as thrush and diaper dermatitis to serious diseases with potential for systemic involvement. High-risk infants with mucosal or skin involvement with Candida spp. much more likely develop into systemic candidiasis. Consideration should be given to obtaining systemic cultures, skin biopsy and treating with systemic antifungal therapy in many such cases. We report a case of mucocutaneous candidiasis in a baby with extremely very low birth weight, who was treated with oral fluconazole.

Keywords

Mucocutaneous candidiasis Extremely vere low birth weight (ELBW)

KJMM 2004 December;9(4):234-238(5). Epub 2016 February 20
Copyright © 2004 by Korean Journal of Medical Mycology

Language

Korean/English

Author

Sun Young Yoon; Department of Dermatology, Our Lady of Mercy Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
You Jeong Kim; Department of Dermatology, Our Lady of Mercy Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
Eun Young Bae; Department of Dermatology, Our Lady of Mercy Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
Jeong Deuk Lee; Department of Dermatology, Our Lady of Mercy Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
Sang Hyun Cho; Department of Dermatology, Our Lady of Mercy Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea

Corresponding

Sang Hyun Cho, Department of Dermatology, Our Lady of Mercy Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea Tel: (032) 510-5528, Fax: (032) 506-9514, e-mail: drchosh@hotmail.com

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Acknowledgements

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Sun Young Yoon

Department of Dermatology, Our Lady of Mercy Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea

You Jeong Kim

Department of Dermatology, Our Lady of Mercy Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea

Eun Young Bae

Department of Dermatology, Our Lady of Mercy Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea

Jeong Deuk Lee

Department of Dermatology, Our Lady of Mercy Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea

Sang Hyun Cho

Department of Dermatology, Our Lady of Mercy Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea

Since epub date 2016 February 20