Korean J Med.
2009 Aug;77(2):251-254.
A case of candidemia due to Candida guilliermondii after taking diet pills
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- 1Department of Internal Medicine, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine, Jinju, Korea. cadevar@yahoo.co.kr
- 2Department of Laboratory Medicine, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine, Jinju, Korea.
- 3Department of Gyeongsang Institute of HealthSciences, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine, Jinju, Korea.
- 4Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- 5Asian-Pacific Research Foundation for Infectious Diseases (ARFID), Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
- Candida guilliermondii is found in sea water, animal feces, buttermilk, and beer and has been isolated from human infections, mostly of cutaneous origin. It usually causes skin and soft tissue infections and has decreased susceptibility to fluconazole. Systemic infections occur mostly in immunocompromised patients. A 38-year-old female was admitted with a 4-day fever. Her medical and family histories were unremarkable, except for obesity. She had been taking diet pills for 3 months and had undergone injection therapy into her abdomen for lipolysis for 1 month. She did not respond to empirical antibiotics. A Candida species was isolated from blood cultures and identified as C. guilliermondii based on partial LSU rRNA gene sequence analyses. She was treated with amphotericin B, and recovered completely.
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