Successful Medical Treatment of Candida Parapsilosis Endocarditis in a Premature Infant

Roger G. Faix; Harriet J. Feick; Peter Frommelt; A. Rebecca Snider

doi:10.1055/s-2007-999499

American Journal of Perinatology, Table of Contents

Am J Perinatol 1990; 7(3): 272-275
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-999499

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Successful Medical Treatment of Candida Parapsilosis Endocarditis in a Premature Infant

Roger G. Faix, Harriet J. Feick, Peter Frommelt, A. Rebecca Snider

Sections of Newborn Services and Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Abstract

ABSTRACT

Endocarditis is an uncommon complication of disseminated candidiasis among premature infants, but has been recently reported to be almost uniformly fatal. The lone previously documented survivor required extensive surgical resection as well as prolonged systemic antifungal therapy. The present report details a premature infant who recovered from Candida endocarditis with medical therapy alone.

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