Torula glabrata: a severe and rare complication in patients suffering from burns.
Fungal infections are assuming a more prominent role in the sepsis of patients with burns. Torula glabrata (Candida glabrata) is a fungus increasingly found in immunosuppressed patients. This report describes a seriously burned patient who developed a torula infection in the lungs.
Valero-Gasalla
J
J
Burns Unit, Hospital Juan Canalejo, La Coruña, Spain.
Vazquez-Barro
A
A
Palacios-Valino
P
P
Pousa-Real
F
F
D002056:Burns / Q000150:complications*; D003453:Cryptococcosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000382:microbiology*