Kathy, You posted : "Hi. There is an association ... According to Ruth Lawrence's text, 1999, BF: A Guide for the Medical Profession, p. 610, "Invasive candidal infection occurs infrequently, usually when the individual has other illness, impaired resistance to infection (HIV, Diabetes mellitus, neutropenia; decreased cell-mediated immunity in premature infants), and disrupted normal mucosal and skin bariers and has received antiboitics or corticosteroids." I would agree with this except for the "rare" part. Kathleen" It is rare. Ruth's text says "invasive". Oral thursh isn't really invasive. If this baby was diabetic, type 1, thrush would be the least of it. He would get very sick, very fast. Rob Rob Cordes, DO, FAAP, FACOP Wilkes Barre, PA mailto:[log in to unmask] *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html