Invasive fungal disease (IFD) is an important infection with high rates of morbidity and mortality in hospitalized patients. Data on incidence, risk factors, and mortality of IFD in the pediatric population, mainly in South ...

Background: In critically ill children, Candida species and other yeasts appear as an important nosocomial pathogen. The emerging fungal pathogens are usually less susceptible to azole compounds, and the management of such ...

Objective. To study the prevalence, risk factors, and mortality of invasive fungal infections (IFI) in patients with childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (cSLE). Methods. A retrospective multicenter cohort study ...

Background: Empiric antifungal treatment has become standard of care in children with cancer and prolonged fever and febrile neutropenia (FN), with the downside that it leads to significant over treatment. We characterized ...

© 2018, Sociedad Chilena de Infectologia. All rights reserved.Background: There is no consensus on the optimal dosage use of posaconazole (PSC) for invasive fungal infection (IFI) in pediatric patients and normally it is ...

Fusarium species have emerged as responsible for a broad spectrum of infections, including superficial, locally invasive and disseminated ones, especially in the hospital environment. Since there are few reports of invasive ...

Paracoccidioides brasiliensis infection causes a systemic mycosis originally described in Latin America but with Current reports of worldwide distribution. The clinical presentation of paracoccidiodomycosis as an isolated ...