A probable case of aspiration pneumonia caused by Candida glabrata in a non-neutropenic patient with candidemia.
Primary Candida pneumonia is rare, and detailed reports of Candida glabrata pneumonia have not been described. A 71-year-old woman had been treated for heart failure and developed aspiration pneumonia, which was refractory to antibacterial treatment. Antifungal treatment against C. glabrata resulted in resolution of pneumonia and candidemia. We report a probable case of C. glabrata pneumonia.
Kobayashi
Tsutomu
T
Second Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki.
Miyazaki
Yoshitsugu
Y
Yanagihara
Katsunori
K
Kakeya
Hiroshi
H
Ohno
Hideaki
H
Higashiyama
Yasuhito
Y
Hirakata
Yoichi
Y
Mizuta
Yohei
Y
Tomono
Kazunori
K
Tashiro
Takayoshi
T
Kohno
Shigeru
S
D000368:Aged; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D041221:Candida glabrata / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D016469:Fungemia / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D009503:Neutropenia; D011015:Pneumonia, Aspiration / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology*
D000935:Antifungal Agents