Fungemia due to Kodamaea ohmeri in a young infant and review of the literature
ABSTRACT: Fungal infections have become an important cause of morbidity and mortality in hospitalized children due to many complicating and underlying conditions. We present the case of a newborn infant with fungemia due to Kodamaea ohmeri who had a good outcome of the infection after using the comb...
- Autores:
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Vivas, Rosalba
Beltrán Arroyave, Claudia Patricia
Múnera, María Isabel
Trujillo, Mónica
Restrepo, Andrea
Garcés Samudio, Carlos Guillermo
- Tipo de recurso:
- Review article
- Fecha de publicación:
- 2016
- Institución:
- Universidad de Antioquia
- Repositorio:
- Repositorio UdeA
- Idioma:
- eng
- OAI Identifier:
- oai:bibliotecadigital.udea.edu.co:10495/23130
- Acceso en línea:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10495/23130
- Palabra clave:
- Fungemia
Niños
Children
Kodamaea ohmeri
Liposomal amphotericin B
- Rights
- openAccess
- License
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/co/
| Summary: | ABSTRACT: Fungal infections have become an important cause of morbidity and mortality in hospitalized children due to many complicating and underlying conditions. We present the case of a newborn infant with fungemia due to Kodamaea ohmeri who had a good outcome of the infection after using the combination of antifungal treatment and central venous catheter removal. |
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