Case ReportsPyomyositis with Hepatic and Perinephric Abscesses Caused by Candida albicans in a Diabetic Nephropathy Patient
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Case Report
A 47-year-old man with alcoholic liver disease, poorly controlled type 2 diabetes, and diabetic nephropathy was admitted due to Klebsiella pneumoniae–associated urinary tract infection. Medical history included sepsis 3 months prior to the most recent admission, involving admission to the intensive care unit after the development of nosocomial pneumonia with respiratory failure. The patient was intubated, treated with ceftriaxone and piperacillin/tazobactum, and received total parenteral
Discussion
Features associated with the development of disseminated candidiasis include antecedent broad-spectrum and prolonged antibiotic therapy, combination treatments containing aminoglycoside, long hospitalization, parenteral nutrition, corticosteroid therapy, cancer chemotherapy, renal transplantation, and neutropenia.2., 3. Hepatosplenic candidiasis has been described as a feature of candidal multiple sites infection. Renal abscess is a rare form of disseminated candidal infection in neutropenic
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Pyomyositis
2011, Neuroimaging Clinics of North AmericaCitation Excerpt :Streptococci (groups B, C, and G), Pneumococcus, Neisseria, Haemophilus, Aeromonas, Pseudomonas, Klebsiella, and Escherichia have also been implicated, albeit uncommonly.6,16,28–30 Mycobacteria (M avium complex, M Tuberculosis, and M haemophilium), fungi (Blastomycosis, Cryptococcus neoformans, Aspergillus, Candida, Fusarium, Pneumocystis Jiroveci), and anaerobes (Salmonella, Vibrio, Enterococci, Capnocytophaga sputigena, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, and Burkholderia cenocepacia) remain subjects of anecdotal case reports.12,14,31–45 Chiu and colleagues46 reported a higher incidence of gram-negative bacterial pyomyositis in patients with underlying diseases.