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Candida al podice, dextrostix al dito!
Perineal candidiasis, perform a dextrostix test!
Luisa Cortellazzo Wiel1, Egidio Barbi1,2
1Università di Trieste
2IRCCS Materno-Infantile “Burlo Garofolo”, Trieste
Giugno 2020 | DOI: 10.53126/MEBXXIIIG118
Abstract
A 16-month-old toddler, admitted for diabetic ketoacidosis, presented with severe perineal candidiasis, which had been persistent for two weeks. Candidiasis is unusual in toddlers, in the absence of risk factors like recent antibiotic course. Glicosuria favours the occurrence of the infection by offering a nutritive source for the pathogen and impairing neutrophils’ oxidative activity. In toddlers diabetes mellitus is often diagnosed after the occurrence of ketoacidosis, because of the difficulty in recognizing more subtle symptoms like polyuria, polydipsia and hyperphagia. Candidiasis (especially when persistent and scarcely responsive to topical treatment) can therefore act as an early sign of diabetes mellitus, which must be ruled out through a simple urine stix and a dextrostix test.
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