DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT PARTICULARITIES IN CHILD’S CANDIDIASIS
Abstract:
Fungal infections are very common in children’s pathology. Candidiasis is a mycotic infection caused by levuriform fungi of Candida type. The clinical manifestations may be acute, subacute or chronic, rarely. Generally, candidiasis is benign and remains strictly localised on skin, oral or genital mucosa, responding to the undergone treatment. Candida Albicans is a common saprophyte in the gastrointestinal tract but its isolation at skin level always represents a pathogenic sign. Candida infections occur in all age groups, but most frequently in the newborn and the little child. Neonatal cutaneous and systemic candidiases have an increasing prevalence in neonatal intensive care nurseries. Postnatal acquisition is attributed to the increased survival rates of low birth weight babies in association with an increased number of invasive procedures and widespread use of broad-spectrum antibiotics
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