ABSTRACT
Candida biliary tract infection is a rare disease. Most of the reported cases have been diagnosed in patients with surgery or invasive procedures of the biliary tract, critical illness, immunosuppression or antibiotic treatment. This report deals with an 85 years old female patient with Candida albicans cholecystitis without previous risk factors and with a literature review on the subject. Only four patients without risk factors have been so far reported.
Subject(s)
Candidiasis/microbiology , Cholecystitis/microbiology , Aged, 80 and over , Antifungal Agents/therapeutic use , Biliary Tract Diseases/microbiology , Bronchitis/complications , Candidiasis/complications , Candidiasis/drug therapy , Candidiasis/surgery , Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic , Cholecystitis/complications , Cholecystitis/drug therapy , Cholecystitis/surgery , Cholelithiasis/complications , Cholelithiasis/drug therapy , Cholelithiasis/surgery , Chronic Disease , Combined Modality Therapy , Female , Fluconazole/therapeutic use , Humans , Risk FactorsABSTRACT
La infección de la vía biliar por Candida es una enfermedad de baja frecuenciaque se asocia a procedimientos quirúrgicos o invasores de la vía biliar,a situaciones críticas, a inmunodepresión o a la utilización de antibióticos.Se presenta un caso de colecistitis aguda por Candida albicans en unapaciente de 85 años sin factores de riesgo previos, además de una revisiónbibliográfica del tema. Sólo en cuatro casos de los publicados, los pacientesno habían presentado factores de riesgo asociados(AU)
Candida biliary tract infection is a rare disease. Most of the reported caseshave been diagnosed in patients with surgery or invasive procedures ofthe biliary tract, critical illness, immunosuppression or antibiotic treatment.This report deals with an 85 years old female patient with Candida albicanscholecystitis without previous risk factors and with a literature review on thesubject. Only four patients without risk factors have been so far reported(AU)
