Neonatal liver abscesses due to Candida infection in a preterm infant, secondary to malpositioned umbilical lines--a rare entity.
Neonatal liver abscess is an uncommon seen condition in neonatology and it holds a very high neonatal mortality because of difficulty in diagnosis and treatment. Till today, only few instances are reported that too are mainly in preterm. Its diagnosis requires a high index of suspicion. Fungal hepatic abscess is very rare and in medical literature very few case reports are there in the medical literature. Here, we report a case of Candida albicans liver abscess in a preterm neonate, secondary to malpositioned umbilical lines that presented with respiratory difficulty and other clinical features of sepsis that was managed medically and discharged successfully.
Deepak
D
Sharma
Mukesh
M
Choudhary
Sweta
S
Shastri
Pradeep Kumar
PK
Sharma
D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002175:Candida / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000009:adverse effects*; D015725:Fluconazole / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014471:Umbilical Veins / Q000382:microbiology*
D000935:Antifungal Agents; D000666:Amphotericin B; D015725:Fluconazole
Candida,; Candidemia,; Liver abscess,; Preterm infant