Abstracts
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.
Fungemia; AIDS; Candidiasis
Diferente de histoplasmose e criptococose, doenças fúngicas associadas a depressão da imunidade celular, fungemia causada por Candida spp. tem sido raramente relatada em pacientes com AIDS. O presente relato ilustra um caso de candidemia em paciente não neutropênico portador de AIDS, cuja origem parece ter sido via translocação através do trato gastrointestinal.
MICOLOGY
Gastrointestinal translocation as a possible source of candidemia in an AIDS patient
Translocação gastrointestinal como possível fonte de fungemia em paciente portador de AIDS
Arnaldo Lopes ColomboI; Maria Luiza BranchiniIII; Débora GeigerII; Ana Lucia SchimidtI; Antonio Carlos Campos PignatariI; Olga FischmanII
IDivision of Infectious Diseases from Escola Paulista de Medicina - Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
IIDivision of Celular Biology from Escola Paulista de Medicina - Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
IIIDivision of Infectious Diseases from Faculdade de Ciências Médicas - Universidade de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil
Correspondence to Correspondence to: Arnaldo Lopes Colombo, MD Division of Infectious Diseases/Escola Paulista de Medicina - UNIFESP Rua Botucatu 740 04023-062 São Paulo, SP, Brazil FAX: (5511) 549-2127, PHONE: (5511)572-6348
SUMMARY
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.
Keywords: Fungemia; AIDS; Candidiasis.
RESUMO
Diferente de histoplasmose e criptococose, doenças fúngicas associadas a depressão da imunidade celular, fungemia causada por Candida spp. tem sido raramente relatada em pacientes com AIDS. O presente relato ilustra um caso de candidemia em paciente não neutropênico portador de AIDS, cuja origem parece ter sido via translocação através do trato gastrointestinal.
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Received
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