Disseminated Candida albicans infection in an immunocompetent host.
Candida albicans CA is an opportunistic fungus, which lives in close association with its human host. Immuno-competence is the barrier to its tendency to invade. Normal skin, commensal bacteria and neutrophils are the first hurdles and once broken down by indwelling catheters, antibiotics or ablative chemotherapies, dissemination can occur with grave consequences. We describe a young patient with apparent full immune competence, who suffered from disseminated CA infection, her presentation, diagnosis and therapy with amphotericin B deoxycholate, which lead to her complete recovery and return to a productive life.
Department of Internal Medicine, Riyadh Medical Complex, Ministry of Health, PO Box 3847, Riyadh 11481, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Tarig_ Al Khuwaitir@hotmail.com
Tarig S
TS
Al-Khuwaitir
Suphia M
SM
Sherbeeni
Abdurahman M
AM
Al-Mogheiri
Mohammed N
MN
Al-Oumi
D000293:Adolescent; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence