Gastric perforation with Candida tropicalis invasion in a previously healthy girl.

Autor: Faure-Fontenla MA; Laboratorio de Immunología y Reumatología, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, México City, México., Bracho-Blanchet E, Yañez-Molina C, Barragan-Tame L
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Mycoses [Mycoses] 1997 Oct; Vol. 40 (5-6), pp. 175-7.
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.1997.tb00210.x
Abstrakt: Fungal cells were observed infiltrating the submucosal margins of an acutely perforated gastric ulceration in an apparently immunocompetent 3-year-old girl. Perforation had occurred 24 h after hospital admission because of pain and vomiting. Colonies of Candida tropicalis were grown from peritoneal fluid and blood cultures. After surgical repair and a 30-day treatment with amphotericin B at a daily dose of 1 mg kg-1 body weight, the child was discharged in good health. No further infections have occurred in the 3 years since treatment.
Databáze: MEDLINE