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.
Department of Internal Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 37601, USA.
Raquel
R
Lima
Wael
W
Shams
Sumit
S
Kalra
Thomas
T
Borthwick
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