Disseminated Candida glabrata: report of a uniquely severe infection and a literature review.
The autopsy of an immunosuppressed patient with diabetes died of Candida glabrata sepsis revealed widely disseminated infection. There was invasion of previously viable tissue, including cardiac microabscesses, a feature not previously reported for this organism. The pathology, clinical features, and methods of diagnosing C. glabrata infections are reviewed.
D000038:Abscess / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000601:surgery; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000473:pathology; D018805:Sepsis / Q000382:microbiology
D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents