Acute calculous cholecystitis caused by Candida lusitaniae: An unusual causative organism in a patient without underlying malignancy

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 138-139

  Yildirim, Mustafa ^a   Ozaydin, Ismet ^a   Sahin, Idris ^a   Yasar, Mehmet ^a  

^a DUZCE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; FLUCONAZOLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; VIMENTIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ACUTE CALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; CANDIDA LUSITANIAE; CANDIDIASIS; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COLIC; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FEVER; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GALLSTONE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASMA CELL GRANULOMA; REVIEW; VOMITING;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CEFTRIAXONE; CHOLECYSTITIS; FEMALE; FLUCONAZOLE; GALLBLADDER; GALLSTONES; HUMANS;

EID: 43449125922     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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