title: TUBERCULOSIS INFECTION MIGHT INCREASE THE RISK OF INVASIVE CANDIDIASIS IN AN IMMUNOCOMPETENT PATIENT.
abstract: Deep Candida infections commonly occur in immunosuppressed patients. A rare case of a multiple deep organ infection with Candida albicans and spinal tuberculosis was reported in a healthy young man. The 19-year-old man complained of month-long fever and lower back pain. He also had a history of scalded mouth syndrome. Coinfection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Candida albicans was diagnosed using the culture of aspirates from different regions. Symptoms improved considerably after antifungal and antituberculous therapy. This case illustrates that infection with tuberculosis might impair the host's immune system and increase the risk of invasive candidiasis in an immunocompetent patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Xiao-Hua
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Yun-Chao
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Zheng-Hao
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Yong-Sheng
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Guo-Qing
authors.initials: GQ
authors.lastname: Zang
mesh_terms: D058365:Candidiasis, Invasive / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D008297:Male; D014399:Tuberculosis, Spinal / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology; D055815:Young Adult