Candida arteritis occurring in a liver transplant recipient. Issue 3 (21st April 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lladó, L.; Solé, C.; Bodro, M.; Baliellas, C.; Sabé, N.; Petit, A.; Ramos, E.; Carratalà, J.; Fabregat, J.
• Is Part Of: Transplant infectious disease. Volume 16:Issue 3(2014)
• Page Start: 465
• Page End: 468
• Publication Date: 2014-04-21
• Subjects: Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc -- Complications -- Periodicals; Communicable diseases -- Periodicals; Infection -- Periodicals; 617.01
• DOI: 10.1111/tid.12218
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1398-2273

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" id="tid12218-abs-0001"> <title>Abstract</title> <p>We report the first case, to our knowledge, of <italic>Candida</italic> arteritis in a liver transplant recipient. The patient presented with hemorrhagic shock requiring emergency arterial repair. As <italic>Candida albicans</italic>, <italic> Candida tropicalis</italic>, and <italic>Candida glabrata</italic> were growing in the arterial tissue, the patient received antifungal therapy for 5 months, but died because of chronic graft dysfunction. No evidence of fungal infection was found in the tissue on postmortem examination.</p> </abstract>