title: Candida glabrata meningitis and endocarditis: a late severe complication of candidemia.
abstract: We report an unusual case of Candida glabrata meningitis and endocarditis in a young Caucasian woman with a prosthetic aortic valve and suffering from a dissecting thoraco-abdominal aortic aneurysm. C. glabrata was isolated from culture of the cerebrospinal fluid. Candida infection of the central nervous system is an uncommon manifestation of disseminated infection due to Candida species. Our case report also highlights the intrinsic resistance of C. glabrata to azoles.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze per la Promozione della Salute e Materno Infantile, Università di Palermo, Palermo, Italy. Electronic address: claudia.colomba@libero.it.
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Colomba
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze per la Promozione della Salute e Materno Infantile, Università di Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Marcello
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Trizzino
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze per la Promozione della Salute e Materno Infantile, Università di Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Imburgia
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze per la Promozione della Salute e Materno Infantile, Università di Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Simona
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Madonia
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze per la Promozione della Salute e Materno Infantile, Università di Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Lucia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Siracusa
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze per la Promozione della Salute e Materno Infantile, Università di Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Giovanni Maurizio
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Giammanco
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D041221:Candida glabrata / Q000302:isolation & purification; D058387:Candidemia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016921:Meningitis, Fungal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology
keywords: Candida glabrata; Candidemia; Endocarditis; Meningitis