TY - JOUR
TI - Pneumonia due to Candida krusei
AU - Petrocheilou-Paschou, V
AU - Georgilis, K
AU - Kontoyannis, D
AU - Nanas, J
AU - and Prifti, H
AU - Costopoulos, H
AU - Stamatelopoulos, S
JO - Clinical Microbiology and Infection
PY - 2002
VL - 8
TODO - 12
SP - 806-809
PB - Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd
SN - 1198-743X
TODO - 10.1046/j.1469-0691.2002.00488.x
TODO - Candida krusei; pneumonia; transplantation
TODO - A case of post-transplantation pneumonia due to Candida krusei is
reported. A 42-year-old man was admitted 28 days after heart
transplantation with cough, pleuritic pain and fever. A chest computed
tomograph showed multiple alveolar infiltrates bilaterally. He received
broad-spectrum antibiotics, fluconazole for oral candidiasis, and
cotrimoxazole for possible Pneumocystis carinii . A short-lived period
of improvement was followed by respiratory failure. Cultures of
bronchial washings grew C. krusei and C. albicans . The infection was
documented by histology and culture obtained by transthoracic
aspiration. Treatment with amphotericin B was initiated, but the patient
died. Histology and culture of a pulmonary specimen, obtained
immediately post mortem, further documented the infection with C.
krusei.
ER -