[Case report of a patient with intermittent fever, leucopenia and terminal fungal sepsis (author's transl)].
A fatal case of disseminated candidiasis with deep organ involvement is reported. The patient was employed as a radiologist for several decades and already showed X-ray-induced bone marrow damage at the onset of the disease. He suffered for several years from an unknown granulomatous systemic bacterial infection and had been treated with antimicrobial agents with varying degrees of success. Regarding prophylaxis of systemic Candida infections it is concluded that prolonged medication with glucocorticoids and antibiotics should be combined with the oral administration of antimycotic drugs in order to prevent invasion by potentially pathogenic fungi.
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007970:Leukopenia / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000209:etiology; D018805:Sepsis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents
Ein Fall mit intermittierenden Fieberschüben, Leukopenie und terminaler Pilzsepsis.