Torulopsis glabrata pneumonia in a malnourished woman.
A middle-aged woman developed malabsorption and severe protein-calorie malnutrition after a near-total gastrectomy for a perforated gastric ulcer. A transbronchial lung biopsy showed pulmonary infection with Torulopsis glabrata. Improvement in the patient's nutritional status was followed by clearing of the pneumonia without the need for antifungal chemotherapy.
D002175:Candida; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008286:Malabsorption Syndromes / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009181:Mycoses / Q000150:complications*; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000150:complications*; D011178:Postgastrectomy Syndromes / Q000150:complications; D011502:Protein-Energy Malnutrition / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology