Kh.S. KHAERTYNOV¹, V.A. ANOKHIN¹, S.A. LYUBIN²

¹Kazan State Medical University, Butlerov St., 49, Russian Federation, 420012

²City Children’s Hospital, Dekabristov St., 125a, Russian Federation, 420034

Khaertynov Kh.S. — Cand. Med. Sc., Associate Professor of the Department of Children’sInfectious Diseases, tel. +7-903-342-96-27, e-mail: khalit65@rambler.ru

Anokhin V.A. — D. Med. Sc., Professor of the Department of Children’s Infections, tel. (843) 267-81-00, e-mail: anokhin56@mail.ru

Lyubin S.A. — Head of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, tel. +7-903-341-87-20, e-mail: Lubins65@mail.ru

The authors describe two cases of neonatal fungal sepsis caused by Candida krusei in children born with extremely low weight. Inonecase, thediseaseended with a recovery,intheother the outcome was lethal.The risk factors for Candida sepsis in neonatesare considered.

Key words: newborns, fungal sepsis, treatment.

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