CANDIDA-GLABRATA HEPATIC CANDIDIASIS

The incidence of disseminated candidiasis is increasing. Liver involve ment is frequent but rarely diagnosed. The authors report a case of di sseminated candidiasis due to Candida glabrata with liver metastases. The presence of hepatic lesions was diagnosed by CT scan and parasitol ogical examination of liver abscess contents obtained by CT-scan-direc ted puncture-aspiration. The outcome was favorable with amphotericin-B (cumulative dose of 1 g) and flucytosin. Aspects of the hepatic invol vement in disseminated candidiasis is discussed, together with the rol e of Candida glabrata in pathology of this type.