title: Non-healing gastric ulcer associated with Candida infection.
abstract: Candida bezoars of the stomach usually occur after gastric surgery. We report a small Candida mass occurring on a non-healing gastric ulcer in a 40-year-old male non-smoker. The ulcer healed with fluconazole and withdrawal of the proton pump inhibitor.
authors: Department of Gastroenterology, St. John's Medical College Hospital, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Ramaswamy
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Correa
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Koshy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D015725:Fluconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013276:Stomach Ulcer / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D015725:Fluconazole