CANDIDEMIA DUE TO CANDIDA GLABRATA IN A NON-IMMUNOSUPPRESSED HOSPITALIZED PATIENT

MELEK SENA ALTUN, SALİH CESUR, ESRA KAYA KILIÇ, ÇİĞDEM ATAMAN HATİPOĞLU, ÖZLEM ÖZTEKİN, SAMİ KINIKLI

Anatolian Current Medical Journal - 2022;4(4):463-465

Health Sciences University, Ankara Training and Research Hospital, Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology Clinic, Ankara

 

Opportunistic fungal infections due to Candida species in immunosuppressed patients appearas significant causes of mortality and morbidity. Candida infections and candidemia can also be encounteredamong immunocompetent patients with underlying predisposing factors. This paper presents a 72-year-old diabetic male patient who developed candidemia due to Candida glabrata complex without any underlying immunosuppressive disease. The patient fully recovered after a total of 23 days of anidulafungin treatment.