Gastrointestinal translocation as a possible source of candidemia in an AIDS patient.
Apart from cryptococcosis and histoplasmosis, which are mycoses contained by T cell-mediated mechanisms of host defense, fungemia is rarely found in AIDS patients. The frequency of fungemia due to Candida spp. has been reported to be as low as 1%. We report a non-neutropenic AIDS patient who presented a candidemia which probably arose from her gastrointestinal tract.
Colombo
A L
AL
Division of Infectious Diseases from Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Brazil.
Branchini
M L
ML
Geiger
D
D
Schimidt
A L
AL
Pignatari
A C
AC
Fischman
O
O
D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D000328:Adult; D018988:Bacterial Translocation; D002176:Candida albicans / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology*; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans