Affiliations: Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine of
Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil | Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine of
Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil | Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Faculty of
Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Note: [] Correspondence: Walusa Assad Gonçalves Ferri, Rua Augusto
Barizza 243, CEP:14110-000, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brasil. Tel.: +55 16
3635 4417; Fax: +55 16 3602 2700; E-mail: walusa3@hotmail.com
Abstract: Congenital candidiasis is a rare condition and difficult to
diagnose. We report a case of severe septic shock leading to death within six
days of birth caused by disseminated candidiasis without cutaneous
manifestations in a late preterm infant. We speculate that the use of drugs for
treatment of gestational toxoplasmosis in a mother colonized by Candida species facilitated this occurrence.
