Intracerebral Fungal Abscess Due to Candida Albicans.
- Author:
Sung Moon YOON
1
;
Young Woo LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Neurosurgery, Pusan National University, School of Medicine, Busan, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Cerebral fungal abscess;
Candida albicans;
Diabetes mellitus
- MeSH:
Abscess*;
Adolescent;
Anti-Bacterial Agents;
Autopsy;
Brain Abscess;
Candida albicans*;
Candida*;
Candidiasis;
Causality;
Cryptococcosis;
Diabetes Mellitus;
Female;
Humans;
Incidence;
Rain
- From:Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
1984;13(3):541-548
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Intracerebral abscess secondary to Candida albicans is very rare but its incidence is increasing after the introduction of broad-spectrum antibiotics. Generally, in cerebral fungal abscess, multiple predisposing factors life diabetes mellitus were known. Before the introduction of broad-spectrum antibiotics, cryptococcosis was more prevalent than moniliasis. But after the introduction of broad-spectrum antibiotics, moniliasis was more prevalent than other fungal infections. A patient with multiple rain abscess due to Candida albicans is reported. This 17-year-old girl had diabetes mellitus for 1 year. This report presents a case of cerebral abscess of Candida albicans with its autopsy findings and the review of the literature.
