[Candidiasis in newborn infants]

Abstract

Morphological observations of 11 cases of candidosis in newborn infants are presented. Candidosis runs the course of sepsis either with predominant involvement of the brain or with involvement of the brain and internal organs. The process was well-defined in underdeveloped babies and occurrred in all prematurely born babies. The babies could contract the infection in the three ways; in utero, in the course of passing the genital tract, or immediately after the delivery. The nature of the infection can be determined only on the basis of tissue reactions developing in response to Candida vegetation.