A Multicenter, Randomized Trial of Prophylactic Fluconazole in Preterm Neonates

Abstract

Prophylactic fluconazole reduces the incidence of colonization and invasive candida infection in neonates weighing less than 1500 g at birth. The benefit of treating candida colonization is unclear. (Current Controlled Trials number, ISRCTN85753869 [controlled-trials.com]).