Synonym(s)
Congenital cutaneous candidiasis
DefinitionThis section has been translated automatically.
Generalized Candida infection of the skin at birth with disseminated erythema and pinhead-sized papules that can conflate to form erythroderma.
PathogenThis section has been translated automatically.
Candida albicans is most frequently isolated.
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EtiopathogenesisThis section has been translated automatically.
Following an ascending amniotic infection, a generalized candida infection of the fetus may occur intrauterine.
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Generalized infestation.
Clinical featuresThis section has been translated automatically.
Initially development of small macular erythema, partly also miliary pustules. Confluence to larger, mostly weeping areas. Frequent development of erythroderma. A sweetish yeast smell is typical. In contrast to neonatal candidosis, there is usually no oral thrush.
DiagnosisThis section has been translated automatically.
Clinic, detection of yeast in cultures from skin swabs.
Differential diagnosisThis section has been translated automatically.
Erythroderma of another genesis.
Progression/forecastThis section has been translated automatically.
In immature premature babies, the risk of Candida sepsis is significantly increased (2-4% of premature babies with a birth weight < 1000 g).
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Candida infections can be transmitted vertically or horizontally in newborns. Risk factors are premature rupture of the bladder and antibiotic therapy for pregnant women.
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Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer