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SUBMITTER: Autmizguine J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6927883 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 20181201 12
<h4>Objectives</h4>Extremely premature infants are at high risk of developing invasive candidiasis; fluconazole prophylaxis is safe and effective for reducing invasive candidiasis in this population but further study is needed. We sought to better understand the effect of prophylactic fluconazole on a selection of fluconazole-resistant Candida species.<h4>Methods</h4>We evaluated the susceptibility to fluconazole of Candida isolates from premature infants (<750 g birth weight) enrolled in a mult ...[more]