title: Co-infection ofCandidaparapsilosisin a Patient of Pulmonary Actinomycosis-A Rare Case Report.
abstract: The diagnosis of pulmonary actinomycosis is difficult and less than 10% of cases are diagnosed at the initial presentation. Actinomycosis is always poly-microbial flora infection in human. On the other hand,Candida parapsilosisis an emerging fungal pathogen especially in immuno-compromised patients. Combined bacterial-fungal infection increases frequency and severity of the disease. This report is a case of aCandida parapsilosisco-infection in a 23-year-old male patient having pulmonary actinomycosis. This thereby could guide the clinicians towards an appropriate therapy.
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, Burdwan Medical College , Burdwan, West Bengal, India .
authors.forename: Purbasha
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ghosh
authors.affiliation: Post Graduate Trainee, Department of Microbiology, Burdwan Medical College , Burdwan, West Bengal, India .
authors.forename: Indrajit
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.affiliation: Demonstrator, Department of Pathology, Burdwan Medical College , Burdwan, West Bengal, India .
authors.forename: Mousumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kar
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, NRS Medical College , Kolkata, West Bengal, India .
authors.forename: Poulami
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nandi
authors.affiliation: Post Graduate Trainee, Department of Community Medicine, Burdwan Medical College , Burdwan, West Bengal, India .
authors.forename: Prosenjit
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Naskar
keywords: Appropiate therapy; Immunosuppression; Poly-microbial flora