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A 15-month retrospective survey of 507 admissions to a neonatal intensive care unit revealed 8 patients from whom Malassezia pachydermatis was isolated from one or more clinical specimens. The fungus was cultured from blood (four patients), central venous catheter tips (three patients), urine (four patients), cerebrospinal fluid (one patient), eye discharge (one patient), ear discharge (one patient) and tracheal aspirate (one patient). Seven of the eight infants displayed an episode of one or more of the following symptoms: apnea, bradycardia, temperature instability and hepatosplenomegaly. These episodes were temporally related to recovery of M. pachydermatis from clinical specimens. The seven symptomatic infants had received multiple antibiotics as well as long term hyperalimentation, including lipids, by infusion through deep vein catheters; the single asymptomatic infant did not. These data suggest an association between M. pachydermatis and the febrile systemic syndrome of neonates recently described for extracutaneous infections due to Malassezia furfur.
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PMID:Recovery of Malassezia pachydermatis from eight infants in a neonatal intensive care nursery: clinical and laboratory features. 313 45

We present a term neonate with severe sepsis, presenting on day 10 of life. The neonate presented with bilateral purulent eye discharge and hepatosplenomegaly. On investigation, persistent leucocytosis was observed and thus the possibility of leucocyte adhesion defect was considered. Flow cytometry confirmed the diagnosis.
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PMID:Leucocyte adhesion defect presenting as fulminant sepsis in a new born. 3147 53