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Candida tropicalis meningitis in a young infant.

Sanjeev R Ahuja1, Sunil Karande, Madhuri V Kulkarni, Uma Tendolkar.   

Abstract

Candida tropicalis is a rare species of Candida causing meningitis. The authors report a young infant who developed Candida tropicalis meningitis following a prolonged stay in a neonatal intensive care unit for respiratory distress and intra-cranial hemorrhage. The child was successfully treated with recommended doses of Amphotericin B and 5-flucytosine for eight weeks.

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Year:  2003        PMID： 14703236     DOI： 10.1007/bf02730602

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Indian J Pediatr        ISSN： 0019-5456            Impact factor:   1.967


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