Colovesicular fistula from Candida dubliniensis in an immunocompetent resulting in poor outcome

ABSTRACT. is a rare fungal opportunistic infection originally isolated from the oral cavity of severely immunocompromised individuals. We present a case of a candidiasis infection in a patient with only decompensated liver cirrhosis and diabetes mellitus as his immunocompromising risk factors, resul...

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Autores principales: Rizkalla, Christine, Ottombrino, Jillian, Malik, Fahad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2020
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7426985/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32850072
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2020.1760444
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Sumario:ABSTRACT. is a rare fungal opportunistic infection originally isolated from the oral cavity of severely immunocompromised individuals. We present a case of a candidiasis infection in a patient with only decompensated liver cirrhosis and diabetes mellitus as his immunocompromising risk factors, resulting in severe fungemia and death within 5 days despite being on antifungal therapy.

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