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An outbreak of candidemia due to Candida tropicalis in a neonatal intensive care unit.
Mycoses - 1 Sept 2003
Chowdhary A, Becker K, Fegeler W, Gugnani H C, Kapoor L, Randhawa V S, Mehta G
Abstract excerpt
An outbreak of candidemia due to Candida tropicalis involving 16 neonates (gestational age 28-36 weeks) is reported. All infants had received hyperalimentation and at least one course of antibiotics. The commonest clinical manifestations included episodes of acute respiratory distress and lack of response to antibacterial antibiotic therapy. Candida tropicalis was recovered from blood in all the 16 infants and...
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