title: Gastrointestinal translocation as a possible source of candidemia in an AIDS patient.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases from Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Colombo
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Branchini
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Geiger
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Schimidt
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Pignatari
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Fischman
mesh_terms: 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