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Fatal disseminated Acremonium strictum infection in a preterm newborn: a very rare cause of neonatal septicaemia

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dc.creator YALAZ, M
dc.creator HILMIOGLU, S
dc.creator NART, D
dc.creator AKISU, M
dc.creator Cetin, Hasan
dc.creator ISIK, E
dc.creator OZTURK, C
dc.creator KULTURSAY, N
dc.creator METIN, D
dc.date 2003-08-31T21:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned 2020-10-06T09:24:32Z
dc.date.available 2020-10-06T09:24:32Z
dc.identifier 0c32c98c-6194-467c-acef-bdc7062a2e66
dc.identifier 10.1099/jmm.0.05140-0
dc.identifier https://avesis.sdu.edu.tr/publication/details/0c32c98c-6194-467c-acef-bdc7062a2e66/oai
dc.identifier.uri http://acikerisim.sdu.edu.tr/xmlui/handle/123456789/53070
dc.description Species of the genus Acremonium (Cephalosporium) are opportunistic micro-organisms that are environmentally widespread saprophytes in soil and can, very rarely, be pathogenic in humans. Disseminated infection has been described in patients with immunodeficiency, but has previously been reported in only one neonate. A preterm infant with Acremonium strictum fungaemia is reported here. The patient was born at 27 weeks gestation and weighed 870 g at birth. She needed intensive respiratory management and became septic on day 11 of life. Blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cultures were positive for A. stricturn. The patient did not respond to therapy with amphotericin B plus fluconazole and died on day 25 of life. The autopsy showed foci due to A. stricturn in the brain, liver and heart.
dc.language eng
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.title Fatal disseminated Acremonium strictum infection in a preterm newborn: a very rare cause of neonatal septicaemia
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article


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