Biomaterial Database

Congenital Torulopsis glabrata infection in man. 1980

P Quirke, and W S Hwang, and C C Validen

A case of congenital infection by Torulopsis glabrata in a premature 0.52-kg female infant born at 23 weeks' gestation to a 37-year-old, gravida 7 mother is reported. The infant succumbed to an intrauterine pneumonia and fungemia. Acute chorioamnionitis was present. Budding yeasts were found in the lungs and amniotic membranes and in large numbers within the lumen of the gut. The role of a retained intrauterine contraceptive device in predisposing to the ascending infection is discussed.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007231	Infant, Newborn	An infant during the first 28 days after birth.	Neonate,Newborns,Infants, Newborn,Neonates,Newborn,Newborn Infant,Newborn Infants
D007435	Intrauterine Devices, Copper	Intrauterine contraceptive devices that depend on the release of metallic copper.	Copper Intrauterine Devices,Copper-Releasing IUDs,IUD, Copper Releasing,Copper Intrauterine Device,Copper Releasing IUD,Copper-Releasing IUD,Device, Copper Intrauterine,Devices, Copper Intrauterine,IUD, Copper-Releasing,IUDs, Copper-Releasing,Intrauterine Device, Copper
D008854	Microscopy, Electron	Microscopy using an electron beam, instead of light, to visualize the sample, thereby allowing much greater magnification. The interactions of ELECTRONS with specimens are used to provide information about the fine structure of that specimen. In TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY the reactions of the electrons that are transmitted through the specimen are imaged. In SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY an electron beam falls at a non-normal angle on the specimen and the image is derived from the reactions occurring above the plane of the specimen.	Electron Microscopy
D009181	Mycoses	Diseases caused by FUNGI.	Fungus Diseases,Fungal Diseases,Fungal Infections,Fungus Infections,Disease, Fungal,Disease, Fungus,Diseases, Fungal,Diseases, Fungus,Fungal Disease,Fungal Infection,Fungus Disease,Fungus Infection,Infection, Fungal,Infection, Fungus,Infections, Fungal,Infections, Fungus
D002175	Candida	A genus of yeast-like mitosporic Saccharomycetales fungi characterized by producing yeast cells, mycelia, pseudomycelia, and blastophores. It is commonly part of the normal flora of the skin, mouth, intestinal tract, and vagina, but can cause a variety of infections, including CANDIDIASIS; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; VULVOVAGINAL CANDIDIASIS; and CANDIDIASIS, ORAL (THRUSH).	Candida guilliermondii var. nitratophila,Candida utilis,Cyberlindnera jadinii,Hansenula jadinii,Lindnera jadinii,Monilia,Pichia jadinii,Saccharomyces jadinii,Torula utilis,Torulopsis utilis,Monilias
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults