Catalog

Prenatally-acquired mucocutaneous candidosis

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Link to WHO Definition

Prenatally-acquired mucocutaneous candidosis – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/175068382

Infection of skin and mucous membranes due to in utero contamination of the fetal skin surface with candida yeasts during late pregnancy, typically as the result of Candida chorioamnionitis associated with premature rupture of the membranes. An extensive eruption of scattered pinkish red macules and papules is present at birth or appears within a few hours before progressing within days to a vesicular or pustular phase. In otherwise healthy neonates the infection responds to topical therapy.