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Candida parapsilosis infection in very low birthweight infants.

Clerihew L, Lamagni TL, Brocklehurst P, McGuire W

Department of Child Health, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, UK.

In a UK national surveillance study, we found that Candida parapsilosis accounted for one quarter of all cases of invasive fungal infection in very low birthweight infants. C parapsilosis was associated with fewer deep-seated infections than C albicans, but mortality was similar. Ongoing surveillance is needed to monitor the epidemiology of invasive fungal infection in very low birthweight infants.

Published 5 March 2007 in Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed, 92(2): F127-9.
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