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21319016

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-2-14
pubmed:abstractText
Candidemia is an opportunistic infection caused primarily by Candida albicans. We experienced a case of severe Candidemia that developed after surgical treatment for tongue cancer and required considerable labor to diagnose and to treat, though no particular immunodeficiency was seen before. The case was resistant to an antifungal agent, fluconazole, but was successfully treated with amphotericin B. Positive blood cultures, local wound culture, and increased ?;-D-glucan were useful to diagnose the infection. In particular, gallium-67 scintigraphy was remarkably useful for the diagnosis and the evaluation of therapeutic effects in this case. Development of Candidemia following an oral and maxillofacial surgery is extremely rare among young adults, thus this case report serves to draw attention to the risk in oral and maxillofacial surgery.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
2185-2243
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
34
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
152-5
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
One case of Candidemia developed after surgery for tongue cancer in a young adult.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Tokai University School of Medicine, 143 Shimokasuya, Isehara, Kanagawa 259-1193, Japan. ootsuru@is.icc.u-tokai.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports