[Candida famata candidemia in immunosuppressed patient: report of a case with literature review]

Ann Biol Clin (Paris). 2011 Sep-Oct;69(5):609-11. doi: 10.1684/abc.2011.0622.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Candida Famata is an opportunistic pathogen. Very rare cases of candidemia Candida Famata have been described. We report a case of a patient of 16 years undergoing chemotherapy for Hodgkin's disease. The patient was put under voriconazole for 3 weeks with a good evolution. This case confirms the opportunistic pathogen Candida Famata. All insulation in the blood must be considered before a background of immunosuppression.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
  • Candida / pathogenicity
  • Candida / physiology*
  • Candidemia / diagnosis*
  • Candidemia / etiology
  • Hodgkin Disease / complications
  • Hodgkin Disease / immunology
  • Humans
  • Immunocompromised Host* / physiology
  • Male
  • Opportunistic Infections / drug therapy
  • Opportunistic Infections / etiology
  • Pyrimidines / therapeutic use
  • Triazoles / therapeutic use
  • Voriconazole

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Pyrimidines
  • Triazoles
  • Voriconazole