Medication does not lower risk of fungal infection, death among extremely below weight infants

Use of the antifungal medication fluconazole for six weeks for extremely low birth-weight infants did not significantly reduce the risk of death or invasive candidiasis, a serious infection that occurs when candida -- a type of fungus -- enters the bloodstream and spreads through the body, according to a study.

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