title: [Candida pneumonia in patients without definitive immunodeficiency].
abstract: The occurrence of community-acquired pneumonia due to yeast-like fungi of the genus Candida in patients without manifest immunodeficiency has previously been discounted. However, such pneumonias may indeed occur in patients with chronic parenchymal lung damage, e.g. from nicotine. Candida pneumonia can be triggered in these patients for example by trivial viral infections. Three corresponding cases are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Abt. Nephrologie, Medizinische Universitätsklinik Göttingen, Deutschland.
authors.forename: Sabine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Blaschke
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Don
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Schillinger
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rüchel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002175:Candida / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000382:microbiology; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000382:microbiology*
vernacular_title: Candida-Pneumonien ohne offenbare Immunsuppression.