Particularities of the management and the treatment in a rare sepsis with Candida tropicalis of a Collodion baby: Case report.

Rationale: Collodion baby is a rare autosomal recessive disorder. It can be the first expression of some forms of ichthyosis.

Patient Concerns: The authors present the case of a newborn diagnosed with severe Collodion baby syndrome who required prolonged hospitalization in the intensive care unit because of infectious complications like the fungal sepsis and other bacterial superinfections.

THE ACUTE SCROTUM IN CHILDREN.

The acute scrotum syndrome is a medical-surgical emergency and the recognition of this condition by both healthcare professionals and the general population may result into the patients' coming in earlier for medical examination and into the preservation of the gonad in case of torsion. The purpose of this retrospective analytical research is to point out specific epidemiological aspects in pediatric patients suffering from acute scrotum, and to review the existing diagnosis and treatment options. The study included 208 patients, of whom 16 with vanishing testis and 192 with acute scrotum (torsion of testis 25.