Yes, this study certainly will come in handy!  Could someone with access to the full
text of this article in the NEJM please post what dose was used?  The abstract
doesn't include this info.

Thanks,
Margaret
LLLL
Longmont, CO


On Wed, 5 Dec 2001 20:14:00 -0500, Nancy Holtzman <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

>This study just released by New England Journal of Medicine:
>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/345/23/1660?query=TOC
>The study concludes that giving fluconazole to preterm infants to prevent
>fungal infections common in NICU's led to reduced fungal infection with no
>increased risk to the infant. These are very low weight preterm infants
>receiving high doses of Diflucan.  I think this study will come in handy
>for those moms needing Diflucan for nipple yeast, but the physician is
>concerned about fluconazole transfer into the mother's milk.
>
>NancyH
>Nancy Holtzman RN BSN IBCLC
>Great Beginnings New Mothers Groups
>near Boston MA

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