Treatment tips
- Empirical antifungal therapy should be considered in high-risk infants once Candida infection is suspected.
- Central venous and arterial catheters should be removed.
- Temporary, peripheral access should be used for several days while the patient is receiving antifungal therapy until documentation of negative blood cultures.
Medical treatment
- Fluconazole : 12 mg/kg/day (25 mg/kg loading dose)
- Amphotericin B deoxycholate: 1 mg/kg/day
- Liposomal amphotericin B : 5 mg/kg/day (if urine cultures are negative).
- Micafungin: 10 mg/kg/day (if eye involvement is excluded).