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Candida peritonitis in a patient with necrotising cholecystitis and pancreatitis
Author(s) -
Scheele Jan,
Kujath Peter
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
mycoses
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.13
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1439-0507
pISSN - 0933-7407
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2006.01246.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pancreatitis , cholecystitis , perforation , peritonitis , candida albicans , concomitant , abdominal cavity , surgery , empyema , cholecystectomy , gallbladder , punching , materials science , biology , metallurgy , genetics
Summary An 80‐year‐old patient in previously excellent state of health presented with septic syndrome for gangrenous cholecystitis and concomitant pancreatitis. Diagnostic paracentesis revealed microbiological evidence of Candida albicans in the abdominal cavity. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy was performed and examination of histological specimens confirmed peritonitis by fungal perforation of the gall bladder. In a complicated postoperative course the patient was finally cured choosing voriconazole (Vfend) for antimycotic therapy.