Maternal pregnancy-induced hypertension increases the subsequent risk of neonatal candidiasis: A nationwide population-based cohort study

• Main Authors: San-Nung Chen (Author), Peng-Hui Wang (Author), Ming-Fang Hsieh (Author), Hsiao-Wen Tsai (Author), Li-Te Lin (Author), Kuan-Hao Tsui (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: Neonatal candidiasis is a leading infectious cause of significant morbidity and mortality in premature birth mainly due to impaired physical barriers and immature immune system of fetus. Maternal pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH) has been reported to be able to disturb the neonatal imm...