title: Candida tropicalis in a case of cholangiocarcinoma with cholangitis at a tertiary care hospital in Manipal.
abstract: Biliary candidiasis is increasing in the hospitalized immunosuppressed individuals. Placement of biliary stents in the cancer patients with obstructive jaundice has been found to be an important factor associated with infectious complications. Positive fungal cultures from bile should not be ignored as mere contamination but should be considered when prescribing treatment for the immunosuppressed with recurrent cholangitis or receiving long-term antibiotic therapy. Here,we report a case of cholangiocarcinoma with cholangitis where Candida tropicalis was the sole pathogen isolated from bile. This is probably the first case of its kind to be reported from Manipal, Karnataka, South India.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Microbiology & Immunology, KMC International Center, Manipal University, Manipal, India.
authors.forename: Mamatha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ballal
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Microbiology & Immunology, KMC International Center, Manipal University, Manipal, India.
authors.forename: Rituparna
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chakraborty
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Kasturba Hospital, Manipal, India.
authors.forename: Siddhartha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bhandary
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Kasturba Hospital, Manipal, India.
authors.forename: P Sampath
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Kumar
keywords: Biliary candidiasis; Biliary stents; Candida tropicalis; Cholangiocarcinoma; Cholangitis