Abstract
We report the case of a male preterm at 27 weeks of gestational age, born by emergency cesarean section with 1195 g, of an untreated HIV-infected mother, with an unsupervised pregnancy. After immediate resuscitation, he was admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). He was started on standard neonatal antiretroviral HIV prophylaxis and completed seven days of ampicillin and gentamicin.
Highlights
We report the case of a male preterm at 27 weeks of gestational age, born by emergency cesarean section with 1195 g, of an untreated HIV-infected mother, with an unsupervised pregnancy
He was admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)
He was started on standard neonatal antiretroviral HIV prophylaxis and completed seven days of ampicillin and gentamicin
Summary
We report the case of a male preterm at 27 weeks of gestational age, born by emergency cesarean section with 1195 g, of an untreated HIV-infected mother, with an unsupervised pregnancy. Candida Albicans Brain Microabscesses in a Preterm Neonate António Bento Guerra*, M Inês Nunes Marques, Sónia Antunes and Ana Serrano Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital do Espírito Santo de Évora, Portugal *Corresponding author: António Bento Guerra, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital do Espírito Santo de Évora, EPE, Largo do Sr. da Pobreza, 7000-811 Évora, Portugal, Tel: 00351967985208
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