Candida jejunitis: a rare cause of intestinal pneumatosis in the immunocompromised patient.
A case of fatal necrotizing jejunitis caused by Candida albicans is described in a patient with acute myeloid leukaemia undergoing chemotherapy. The diagnosis was made at autopsy. Computed tomography findings were of small bowel dilatation with pneumatosis.
Tie
M L
ML
Department of Radiology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woodville, SA, Australia. mtie@hotmail.com
Stephens
D H
DH
D002177:Candidiasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology; D004751:Enteritis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D007579:Jejunal Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology; D007583:Jejunum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011006:Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed