CANDIDA KEFYR PNEUMONIA

Kocabay G., Aydin S., Tiryak B., VATANSEVER S., ERK O., Akkaya V., ...Daha Fazla

JOURNAL OF ISTANBUL FACULTY OF MEDICINE-ISTANBUL TIP FAKULTESI DERGISI, cilt.68, sa.1, ss.26-28, 2005 (ESCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 68 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2005
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF ISTANBUL FACULTY OF MEDICINE-ISTANBUL TIP FAKULTESI DERGISI
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.26-28
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Opportunistic infections, non-albicans Candida, Candida pseudotropicalis
  • İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Commensal Candida spp can cause infection in immunocompromised patients. Though most of the infections are caused by albicans subtype of Candida, non-albicans Candida as a cause of infection is on the rise. Non-albicans Candida infections can range from urinary infections to sepsis in intensive care units. Candida kefyr is one of the rare forms of non-albicans Candida. In this case report, a case of Candida kefyr pneumonia in a patient with myelodsysplastic syndrome with febrile neutropenia is presented. The patient clinically responded to ampirically started caspofungin therapy.