Candida albicans septicemia in a premature infant successfully treated with oral fluconazole.

Scand J Infect Dis

Department of Pediatrics, Hvidovre Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Published: January 1993

A premature male infant, birth-weight 1460 g, was treated successfully for a Candida albicans septicemia with orally administered fluconazole for 20 days. Dosage was 5 mg/kg/day. No side effects were seen. Fluconazole may present a major progress in treatment of invasive C. albicans infections in neonatology.

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