Fetal Candida sepsis at midgestation: a case report

Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 1998 Mar;77(1):107-9. doi: 10.1016/s0301-2115(97)00222-4.

Abstract

A patient presented with intrauterine fetal death at 21 weeks. A Candida vaginitis was treated at 18 weeks of gestation. Fatal fetal Candida sepsis caused by Candida albicans can occur in the absence of known risk factors such as prolonged rupture of membranes, the presence of an intrauterine contraceptive device or cervical cerclage.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Administration, Intravaginal
  • Adult
  • Anti-Infective Agents, Local / administration & dosage
  • Anti-Infective Agents, Local / therapeutic use
  • Autopsy
  • Candida albicans / isolation & purification
  • Candida albicans / pathogenicity*
  • Candidiasis / embryology*
  • Candidiasis / pathology
  • Candidiasis, Vulvovaginal / complications*
  • Candidiasis, Vulvovaginal / drug therapy
  • Candidiasis, Vulvovaginal / microbiology
  • Clotrimazole / administration & dosage
  • Clotrimazole / therapeutic use
  • Female
  • Fetal Death / microbiology*
  • Fetus / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Kidney / embryology
  • Kidney / microbiology
  • Kidney / pathology
  • Liver / embryology
  • Liver / microbiology
  • Liver / pathology
  • Male
  • Placenta / pathology
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / drug therapy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / microbiology*
  • Pregnancy Trimester, Second
  • Sepsis / embryology

Substances

  • Anti-Infective Agents, Local
  • Clotrimazole