Successful treatment with liposomal amphotericin B of an intraabdomianl abscess due to Candida norvegensis associated with a Gore-Tex mesh infection

Scand J Infect Dis. 2000;32(5):560-2. doi: 10.1080/003655400458893.

Abstract

There are few reports of severe infections caused by Candida norvegensis. We here describe a case of C. norvegensis-associated intraabdominal abscess and Gore-Tex mesh-associated infection, successfully treated with liposomal amphotericin B and removal of the mesh. This is, to our knowledge, the first report of C. norvegensis causing this type of infection.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abdominal Abscess / drug therapy*
  • Abdominal Abscess / microbiology
  • Aged
  • Amphotericin B / administration & dosage
  • Amphotericin B / therapeutic use*
  • Antifungal Agents / administration & dosage
  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Candida / classification
  • Candida / isolation & purification
  • Candidiasis / drug therapy*
  • Candidiasis / microbiology
  • Drug Combinations
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Phosphatidylcholines / administration & dosage
  • Phosphatidylcholines / therapeutic use*
  • Phosphatidylglycerols / administration & dosage
  • Phosphatidylglycerols / therapeutic use*
  • Polytetrafluoroethylene
  • Surgical Mesh / adverse effects*

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Drug Combinations
  • Phosphatidylcholines
  • Phosphatidylglycerols
  • liposomal amphotericin B
  • Amphotericin B
  • Polytetrafluoroethylene