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An esophageal mass with coexistent Mycobacterium chelonae and Candida albicans infections in an immunocompetent adult
- Source :
- The Journal of infection. 52(3)
- Publication Year :
- 2005
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Abstract
- Mycobacteria chelonae was originally included in group IV of Runyon's classification of atypical mycobacteria. This rapidly growing environmental organism often caused infections in immunocompromised hosts. Candida albicans is a ubiquitous micro-organism and frequently isolated from the gastrointestinal tract. These two micro-organisms seldom cause esophageal diseases in healthy humans. We report a case of a fruit farmer with a submucosa tumor of distal esophagus caused by coexistence of M. chelonae and C. albicans infections, which was successfully treated by surgical resection and following antimicrobial regimens postoperatively.
- Subjects :
- Microbiology (medical)
Adult
Male
Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty
Antifungal Agents
Mycobacterium chelonae
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous
Microbiology
Submucosa
medicine
Humans
Candida albicans
Amikacin
Fluconazole
Esophageal Mass
Esophageal Infection
Gastrointestinal tract
biology
Esophageal disease
Candidiasis
biology.organism_classification
medicine.disease
Corpus albicans
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Imipenem
Infectious Diseases
medicine.anatomical_structure
Immunocompetence
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15322742
- Volume :
- 52
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The Journal of infection
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....389654a3fc4cae19054633a1f065a76a