An Unusual Case of Candida kefyr Fungemia in an Immunocompromised Patient
| Autor: | Lakshmi Jyothi, Shazia Naaz, Naveen P Reddy |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.medical_treatment Infectious Disease 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology candida kefyr Enterococcus faecalis 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Internal medicine Internal Medicine medicine Fungemia guillain barre syndrome Guillain-Barre syndrome biology business.industry General Engineering Acute kidney injury medicine.disease biology.organism_classification plasmapheresis Vomiting Plasmapheresis Hemodialysis medicine.symptom business Rhabdomyolysis 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Cureus |
| ISSN: | 2168-8184 |
| DOI: | 10.7759/cureus.14138 |
| Popis: | An immunocompromised patient with a known history of cerebrovascular accident (CVA) with right-sided hemiparesis of long duration, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and hypertension presented with signs of rhabdomyolysis and later acute kidney injury (AKI). He subsequently developed Guillain Barre syndrome. Initially, hemodialysis was followed by plasmapheresis. After hemodialysis, the patient presented with multiple episodes of vomiting and weakness of all limbs. A culture showed growth of Enterococcus faecalis, and on Day 6, a bloodstream infection with Candida kefyr and a urinary tract infection with Enterococcus faecalis were diagnosed. We report a rare case of bloodstream infection due to C. kefyr. |
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