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A 30-year-old female asked:

What is your opinion thoughts on mild thrush in a 5 month old baby and requested treatment. has had the oral meds. keeps returning not bad but there?

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Dr. Jay Parkanswered

Pediatrics 52 years experience

? steroid inhaler: I wonder if your infant is taking inhalation form of steroid. If not, trial of Fluconazole instead of Nystatin would do a trick. In case thrush persists even after fluconazole, work-up to rule out immunodeficiency should be sought.

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