Neonatal fungal ventriculitis

✍ Scribed by Ka Kit Wong; Simon M. Gruenewald; George Larcos; Mana Jamali ANMT

• Book ID: 102333758
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 283 KB
• Volume: 34
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0091-2751
• DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20261

✦ Synopsis

Intracranial fungal infection is increasingly seen in the neonatal intensive care setting, with premature infants at greatest risk. We report a case of fungal ventriculitis in an extremely low birth weight neonate due to Candida species. Cranial sonographic examination revealed extensive ventricular stranding with complete resolution in response to therapy. V