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Gastrointestinal translocation as a possible source of candidemia in an AIDS patient Translocação gastrointestinal como possível fonte de fungemia em paciente portador de AIDS

Authors :
Arnaldo Lopes Colombo
Maria Luiza Branchini
Débora Geiger
Ana Lucia Schimidt
Antonio Carlos Campos Pignatari
Olga Fischman
Source :
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, Vol 38, Iss 3, Pp 197-200 (1996)
Publication Year :
1996
Publisher :
Universidade de São Paulo (USP), 1996.

Abstract

Apart from cryptococcosis and histoplasmosis, which are mycoses contained by T cell-mediated mechanisms of host defense, fungemia is rarely found in AIDS patients. The frequency of fungemia due to Candida spp. has been reported to be as low as 1 %. We report a non-neutropenic AIDS patient who presented a candidemia which probably arose from her gastrointestinal tract.Diferente de histoplasmose e criptococose, doenças fúngicas associadas a depressão da imunidade celular, fungemia causada por Candida spp. tem sido raramente relatada em pacientes com AIDS. O presente relato ilustra um caso de candidemia em paciente não neutropênico portador de AIDS, cuja origem parece ter sido via translocação através do trato gastrointestinal.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00364665 and 16789946
Volume :
38
Issue :
3
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.35cbcdb7c6a4f0f84d32a8524c61558
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46651996000300006