Title: Postmortem Disseminated Candidemia: A Case Report from a Tertiary Care Center
Authors: Dr Sinduja Raghuraman, Dr Mary Mathew
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v11i6.14
Abstract
Candidiasis is a fungal infection most commonly caused by Candida albicans in very low birth weight neonates. The various presentations are disseminated candidiasis, fungal endocarditis and mucocutaneous involvement. A 26 week old extreme preterm female neonate presented with severe respiratory distress and abdominal distension and diagnosed as Necrotizing enterocolitis. Pericardial biopsy showed PAS positive hyphae colonies and budding yeast forms. Blood culture though not a sensitive indicator is reliable in undiscovered candidemia in the ante mortem period and reflected by pericardial biopsy in the post mortem period.
Keywords: Candida, disseminate, fungemia, post mortem, sepsis.
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