"White dots on the placenta and red dots on the baby": congential cutaneous candidiasis--a rare disease of the neonate

Article Article scientifique Rapport de cas "White dots on the placenta and red dots on the baby": congential cutaneous candidiasis--a rare disease of the neonate eng 2004 author Diana Alessandro 44548 author Epiney Manuela 850809 Emmanuela Epiney author Ecoffey Marc 514704 author Pfister Riccardo 527070 996-999 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2004.tb02701.x 15303819 0803-5253 Cutaneous congenital candidiasis (CCC) is a very rare disease of the term or premature infant consisting of a generalized rash at or shortly after birth usually without other signs or symptoms. The presence of white microabscesses on the placenta and umbilical cord of an infant with such a rash must suggest the diagnosis of CCC, which is always secondary to Candida chorioamnionitis but may pass unrecognized. Despite the high prevalence of vulvo-vaginitis in pregnant women, Candida chorioamnionitis is rare and CCC remains apparently extremely rare with just some hundred cases described. However, as the condition is essentially benign and self-limited, underdiagnosis is likely. As occasional systemic spread of Candida infection is described and maternal complications may arise, diagnosis and a close follow-up or treatment is of importance. We present two cases of CCC, stressing the importance of sharing clinical findings between obstetrician and neonatologist for the diagnosis and subsequent management. Candida albicans/isolation & purification Candidiasis, Cutaneous/diagnosis/microbiology Diagnosis, Differential Female Humans Infant, Newborn Male Placenta/microbiology/pathology Pregnancy Pregnancy Complications, Infectious/diagnosis/microbiology Skin/microbiology/pathology Umbilical Cord/microbiology/pathology Dewey 618 58 Département de pédiatrie, gynécologie et obstétrique 223 false 424 Réanimation néonatale en salle d'accouchement 696 Acta pædiatrica 93 7 876ac8bc-2394-458e-a813-b835405620d4 Article (Published version) Restricted 996-999.pdf 444900 application/pdf restrictedAccess Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de pédiatrie, gynécologie et obstétrique

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