RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Disseminated Candida albicans infection in an immunocompetent host
JF Saudi Medical Journal
JO Saudi Med J
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 1003
OP 1006
VO 26
IS 6
A1 Al-Khuwaitir, Tarig S.
A1 Sherbeeni, Suphia M.
A1 Al-Mogheiri, Abdurahman M.
A1 Al-Oumi, Mohammed N.
YR 2005
UL http://smj.org.sa/content/26/6/1003.abstract
AB Candida albicans CA is an opportunistic fungus, which lives in close association with its human host. Immuno-competence is the barrier to its tendency to invade. Normal skin, commensal bacteria and neutrophils are the first hurdles and once broken down by indwelling catheters, antibiotics or ablative chemotherapies, dissemination can occur with grave consequences. We describe a young patient with apparent full immune competence, who suffered from disseminated CA infection, her presentation, diagnosis and therapy with amphotericin B deoxycholate, which lead to her complete recovery and return to a productive life.