A case report of candidiasis of the scalp in newborn
REN Runxia
KANG Ting
SU Lina
ZHU Li
NIU Jing
LI Yujie
DU Hua
Abstract：A 21-day-old female newborn,presented with'scalp erythema,scab,hair loss for 1 week'.Fungal mi-croscopic examination revealed mycelium positive.Fungal culture and identification confirmed the pathogen was Candida albicans.Diagnosis was scalp candidiasis.Treatment as followed,wet compress of compound Phellodendri,once daily;miconazole nitrate cream,external use,twice daily.After a week,the lesions increased and the extent of the lesions in-creased,so terbinafine gel,external use,twice daily.After 5 weeks,the skin lesions disappeared.
Keywords：newbornscalpcandidiasis
Publication Date：2025-10-28
Online Publishing Date：2025-11-19(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 540-542 )