Gastrointestinal translocation as a possible source of candidemia in an AIDS patient

Authors

  • Arnaldo Lopes Colombo Universidade Federal de São Paulo; Escola Paulista de Medicina; Division of Infectious Diseases
  • Maria Luiza Branchini Universidade de Campinas; Faculdade de Ciências Médicas; Division of Infectious Diseases
  • Débora Geiger Universidade Federal de São Paulo; Escola Paulista de Medicina; Division of Celular Biology
  • Ana Lucia Schimidt Universidade Federal de São Paulo; Escola Paulista de Medicina; Division of Infectious Diseases
  • Antonio Carlos Campos Pignatari Universidade Federal de São Paulo; Escola Paulista de Medicina; Division of Infectious Diseases
  • Olga Fischman Universidade Federal de São Paulo; Escola Paulista de Medicina; Division of Celular Biology

Keywords:

Fungemia, AIDS, Candidiasis

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.

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Published

1996-06-01

Issue

Vol. 38 No. 3 (1996)

Section

Mycology

How to Cite

Colombo, A. L., Branchini, M. L., Geiger, D., Schimidt, A. L., Pignatari, A. C. C., & Fischman, O. (1996). Gastrointestinal translocation as a possible source of candidemia in an AIDS patient . Revista Do Instituto De Medicina Tropical De São Paulo, 38(3), 197-200. https://revistas.usp.br/rimtsp/article/view/29361