title: Successful treatment of a Candida albicans sepsis with a combination of flucytosine and fluconazole.
abstract: A case of a severe Candida sepsis is reported, which was treated successfully by a combination therapy of flucytosine with fluconazole. After an extensive abdominal operation, a 70-year-old man developed a syndrome of fulminant sepsis due to Candida albicans with the beginnings of renal failure. The latter fact forced us to search for a therapeutic alternative to the classical amphotericin B plus flucytosine combination therapy.
authors.affiliation: Medizinal-, Lebensmittel- und Veterinäruntersuchungsamt Thüringen, Hygiene-Institut Medizinaluntersuchung Gera, Germany.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Scheven
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jünemann
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schramm
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hühn
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004338:Drug Combinations; D015725:Fluconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005437:Flucytosine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016469:Fungemia / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D004338:Drug Combinations; D015725:Fluconazole; D005437:Flucytosine