title: Premature delivery due to intrauterine Candida infection that caused neonatal congenital cutaneous candidiasis: a case report.
abstract: Congenital cutaneous candidiasis is a very rare disease with less than 100 cases published in the medical literature. Neonates having this disease present with systemic skin lesions caused by intrauterine Candida infections. We present a case of threatened premature delivery due to Candida chorioamnionitis, which caused both maternal postpartum endometritis and neonatal congenital cutaneous candidiasis. A 34-year-old woman who was admitted for fetal membrane bulging at 20 weeks of gestation underwent McDonald cervical cerclage. We diagnosed threatened premature delivery due to intrauterine infection; therefore, we terminated the gestation by cesarean section at 24 weeks of gestation. Fungi-like yeast was detected in infantile gastric juice. Histopathological findings of the placenta revealed that Candida albicans mycelium invaded the placenta, chorioamniotic membrane and umbilical cord.
authors: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto, Japan.
authors: Fumitake
authors: F
authors: Ito
authors: Tomoharu
authors: T
authors: Okubo
authors: Tadahiro
authors: T
authors: Yasuo
authors: Taisuke
authors: T
authors: Mori
authors: Koichi
authors: K
authors: Iwasa
authors: Kazuhiro
authors: K
authors: Iwasaku
authors: Jo
authors: J
authors: Kitawaki
mesh_terms: D002177:Candidiasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000635:transmission*; D002179:Candidiasis, Cutaneous / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical; D010920:Placenta / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D047928:Premature Birth / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D012867:Skin / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D014470:Umbilical Cord / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D014599:Uterus / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology