[Acute cholecystitis and biliary tract infections due to Candida].
Candida biliary tract infection is a rare disease. Most of the reported cases have been diagnosed in patients with surgery or invasive procedures of the biliary tract, critical illness, immunosuppression or antibiotic treatment. This report deals with an 85 years old female patient with Candida albicans cholecystitis without previous risk factors and with a literature review on the subject. Only four patients without risk factors have been so far reported.
Rodríguez
Viviana Elizabeth
VE
Servicio de Infectología del Hospital Alemán, Hospital Alemán, Pueyrredón 1640, 1118 Buenos Aires, Argentina. veracuaro@hotmail.com
Freuler
Cristina Brigida
CB
Ezcurra
Cecilia
C
Durlach
Ricardo Augusto
RA
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001660:Biliary Tract Diseases / Q000382:microbiology; D001991:Bronchitis / Q000150:complications; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D015725:Fluconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors
D000935:Antifungal Agents; D015725:Fluconazole