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An Unusual Case of Candida kefyr Fungemia in an Immunocompromised Patient
An immunocompromised patient with a known history of cerebrovascular accident (CVA) with right-sided hemiparesis of long duration, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and hypertension presented with signs of rhabdomyolysis and later acute kidney injury (AKI). He subsequently developed Guillain Barre syndrome....
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8001216/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33791183 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.14138 |
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author | Jyothi, Lakshmi Reddy, Naveen P Naaz, Shazia |
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description | An immunocompromised patient with a known history of cerebrovascular accident (CVA) with right-sided hemiparesis of long duration, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and hypertension presented with signs of rhabdomyolysis and later acute kidney injury (AKI). He subsequently developed Guillain Barre syndrome. Initially, hemodialysis was followed by plasmapheresis. After hemodialysis, the patient presented with multiple episodes of vomiting and weakness of all limbs. A culture showed growth of Enterococcus faecalis, and on Day 6, a bloodstream infection with Candida kefyr and a urinary tract infection with Enterococcus faecalis were diagnosed. We report a rare case of bloodstream infection due to C. kefyr. |
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spelling | pubmed-80012162021-03-30 An Unusual Case of Candida kefyr Fungemia in an Immunocompromised Patient Jyothi, Lakshmi Reddy, Naveen P Naaz, Shazia Cureus Internal Medicine An immunocompromised patient with a known history of cerebrovascular accident (CVA) with right-sided hemiparesis of long duration, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and hypertension presented with signs of rhabdomyolysis and later acute kidney injury (AKI). He subsequently developed Guillain Barre syndrome. Initially, hemodialysis was followed by plasmapheresis. After hemodialysis, the patient presented with multiple episodes of vomiting and weakness of all limbs. A culture showed growth of Enterococcus faecalis, and on Day 6, a bloodstream infection with Candida kefyr and a urinary tract infection with Enterococcus faecalis were diagnosed. We report a rare case of bloodstream infection due to C. kefyr. Cureus 2021-03-27 /pmc/articles/PMC8001216/ /pubmed/33791183 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.14138 Text en Copyright © 2021, Jyothi et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Internal Medicine Jyothi, Lakshmi Reddy, Naveen P Naaz, Shazia An Unusual Case of Candida kefyr Fungemia in an Immunocompromised Patient |
title | An Unusual Case of Candida kefyr Fungemia in an Immunocompromised Patient |
title_full | An Unusual Case of Candida kefyr Fungemia in an Immunocompromised Patient |
title_fullStr | An Unusual Case of Candida kefyr Fungemia in an Immunocompromised Patient |
title_full_unstemmed | An Unusual Case of Candida kefyr Fungemia in an Immunocompromised Patient |
title_short | An Unusual Case of Candida kefyr Fungemia in an Immunocompromised Patient |
title_sort | unusual case of candida kefyr fungemia in an immunocompromised patient |
topic | Internal Medicine |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8001216/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33791183 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.14138 |
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