Candida glabrata liver abscess and fungemia complicating severe calculus cholecystitis in an immunocompetent nondiabetic host.
We report a rare case of Candida glabrata liver abscess and fungemia complicating severe calculus cholecystitis in a 64-year-old female patient who had no history of immunosuppression or diabetes mellitus. The patient underwent cholecystectomy, resection of liver abscess, and systemic antifungal therapy using micafungin.
Lima
Raquel
R
Department of Internal Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 37601, USA.
Shams
Wael
W
Kalra
Sumit
S
Borthwick
Thomas
T
D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D041221:Candida glabrata / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D002763:Cholecystectomy; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D025141:Drug Resistance, Fungal; D054714:Echinocandins / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D016469:Fungemia / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D000935:Antifungal Agents; D054714:Echinocandins