Brain abscess due to Candida glabrata in an immunocompetent patient. A case report with update and literature review

免疫功能正常的患者发生由光滑念珠菌引起的脑脓肿:病例报告及最新进展和文献综述

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Abstract

Candida spp. brain abscess is scare. Clinical presentation is unspecific. Diagnosis requires mycological culture of a puncture or biopsy specimen. Therapeutic management is based on prolonged course of azole or liposomal amphotericin B. We reported the case of Candida glabrata brain abscess in a 27 year-old female patient, with no past history and not secondary to candidemia. The fungus was isolated from a puncture of abscess with complete resection. The outcome was favorable under antifungal treatment by voriconazole.

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