CANDIDEMIA AFTER ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY

Authors
OJEAS H HU HC GREENBERG SB
Citation
H. Ojeas et al., CANDIDEMIA AFTER ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, Southern medical journal, 88(4), 1995, pp. 465-466
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Southern medical journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
00384348
Volume
88
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
465 - 466
Database
ISI
SICI code
0038-4348(1995)88:4<465:CAERC>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
We report a case of candidemia associated with manipulation of the com mon bile duct during endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography. T he patient had received parenteral nutrition and prolonged antibiotic therapy before the procedure and before Candida tropicalis was grown f rom blood cultures. Antifungal therapy resulted in clinical response.