Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases ()

An unusual cause of bilateral scrotal abscess in a preterm infant: Candida albicans

  • Merih Cetinkaya,
  • Gokhan Buyukkale,
  • Muge Payasli,
  • Sibel Ozbek,
  • Sultan Kavuncuoglu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjid.2012.05.004
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 17, no. 2
pp. 260 – 262

Abstract

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Acute scrotal abscess is a rare condition in neonates. Most of these abscesses were reported to be unilateral and caused by Staphylococcus and Salmonella spp. Herein, we report a bilateral scrotal abscess in a preterm infant and Candida albicans was isolated from the scrotal fluid culture. To our knowledge, this is the first bilateral scrotal abscess in a preterm infant caused by C. albicans. Therefore, this organism must be suspected in differential diagnosis of acute scrotal abscess in neonates, especially in preterm infants.

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