Prevention and treatment of invasive fungal infection in preterm infants
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-4912.2013.06.005
- VernacularTitle:早产儿侵袭性真菌感染的预防和治疗
- Author:
Chuanzhong YANG
;
Xiaoyu ZHU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Invasive fungal infection;
Preterm infant;
Prevention;
Treatment
- From:
Chinese Pediatric Emergency Medicine
2013;20(6):570-574
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Invasive fungal infection is an important cause of mortality and morbidity in preterm infants.Extremely preterm and extremely low birth weight infants are at highest risk because of the intensive and invasive nature of the care that these infants receive.How to prevent and treat the invasive fungal infection in preterm infants has become a new hot spot in the neonatologists.This review focused the progress on treatment and prevention of invasive fungal infections in preterm infants.
