The first reported case of colonic infection caused by candida tropicalis and a review of the literature

Case Reports in Gastroenterology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 199-205

  Praneenararat, Surat ^a  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Candida colitis; Candida infection of colon; Candida infection of large bowel; Candida tropicalis; Colonic candidiasis

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; FLUCONAZOLE; HEMOGLOBIN; IMIPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; PIPERACILLIN; PREDNISOLONE; TAZOBACTAM; VANCOMYCIN; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ASYMPTOMATIC BACTERIURIA; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CASE REPORT; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COLITIS; COLON BIOPSY; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEFECATION; DIARRHEA; ENTEROCOCCUS; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INDUCTION CHEMOTHERAPY; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; INVASIVE CANDIDIASIS; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPENIA; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TREATMENT DURATION; URINALYSIS;

EID: 84908277408     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16620631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000363566     Document Type: Review

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