A Multicenter, Randomized Trial of Prophylactic Fluconazole in Preterm Neonates
Open Access
- 14 June 2007
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 356 (24), 2483-2495
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa065733
Abstract
Invasive candida infections are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in preterm infants. We performed a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of fluconazole for the prevention of fungal colonization and infection in very-low-birth-weight neonates.Keywords
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