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- Title
Absidia corymbifera Infections in Neonates.
- Authors
Amin, Sanjiv B.; Ryan, Rita M.; Metlay, Leon A.; Watson, Wendy J.
- Abstract
We report the first two documented cases of neonatal zygomycosis caused by Absidia corymbifera. A premature infant developed disseminated disease from a cutaneous site with pulmonary, gastrointestinal, and cerebral involvement. The infant died despite amphotericin B therapy and surgical debridement. The second case occurred in a full-term infant with congenital heart disease and fungal pneumonitis. Zygomycosis was not suspected because of underlying cardiac disease and a complicated postoperative course, and this infant also died. Absidia joins a growing list of opportunistic fungal pathogens of the compromised neonate.
- Publication
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 1998, Vol 26, Issue 4, p990
- ISSN
1058-4838
- Publication type
Article