1. Konjenital Glukoz-Galaktoz Malabsorbsiyonu ve Tekrarlayan Sepsis Atakları Olan Yenidoğan Olgusu.
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Alan, Serdar, Kuloğlu, Zarife, Çakır, Ufuk, Yaman, Aytaç, Atasay, Begüm, Tanca, Aydan Kansu, and Arsan, Saadet
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CANDIDA albicans , *DIARRHEA in children , *ENTEROCOCCUS , *KLEBSIELLA , *DISEASE relapse , *EARLY diagnosis , *GLUCOSE intolerance , *HEXOSES , *NEONATAL sepsis , *CHILDREN , *DIAGNOSIS - Abstract
Congenital glucose-galactose malabsorption is a chronic osmotic diarrhea due to defective absorption of glucose and galactose in the intestine. Here, we present a newborn that was admitted to our hospital for neonatal diarrhea and was diagnosed as congenital glucose-galactose malabsorption. He had recurrent sepsis with Candida albicans, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Enterococcus faecalis during follow-up without having any underlying cellular or humoral immune deficiency. Early diagnosis and appropriate treatment of this rare disease can prevent life-threatening complications, and normal growth and development can be achieved. To our knowledge, the present case will be the second glucose-galactose malabsorption case with recurrent infectious due to opportunistic microorganisms after only one similar case in the literature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013
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