Congenital Candida glabrata infection without specific nodules on the placenta and umbilical cord.
Two extremely premature infants died as a result of congenital Candida glabrata infection, and their placentas and umbilical cords were free of macroscopic Candida nodules. Because non-Candida albicans Candida infections are less likely to produce necrotic foci, we should not exclude Candida infections in the absence of macroscopic nodules on the placenta and umbilical cord.
Matsuzawa
Sachie
S
Department of Neonatology, Kanagawa Children's Medical Center, Yokohama City, Japan.
Ohyama
Makiko
M
Kawataki
Motoyoshi
M
Itani
Yasufumi
Y
Hashimoto
Sakae
S
Yamanaka
Michiko
M
Ijiri
Rieko
R
Tanaka
Yukichi
Y
D000328:Adult; D041221:Candida glabrata / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000151:congenital* / Q000635:transmission; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical; D010920:Placenta / Q000382:microbiology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014470:Umbilical Cord / Q000382:microbiology*