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Case Reports
. 2017 Jan;11(1):DD01-DD02.
doi: 10.7860/JCDR/2017/24268.9300. Epub 2017 Jan 1.

Co-infection of Candidaparapsilosis in a Patient of Pulmonary Actinomycosis-A Rare Case Report

Purbasha Ghosh  1 , Indrajit Gupta  2 , Mousumi Kar  3 , Poulami Nandi  4 , Prosenjit Naskar  5
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Case Reports

Co-infection of Candidaparapsilosis in a Patient of Pulmonary Actinomycosis-A Rare Case Report

Purbasha Ghosh et al. J Clin Diagn Res. 2017 Jan.

Abstract

The diagnosis of pulmonary actinomycosis is difficult and less than 10% of cases are diagnosed at the initial presentation. Actinomycosis is always poly-microbial flora infection in human. On the other hand, Candida parapsilosis is an emerging fungal pathogen especially in immuno-compromised patients. Combined bacterial-fungal infection increases frequency and severity of the disease. This report is a case of a Candida parapsilosis co-infection in a 23-year-old male patient having pulmonary actinomycosis. This thereby could guide the clinicians towards an appropriate therapy.

Keywords: Appropiate therapy; Immunosuppression; Poly-microbial flora.

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Chest X-ray showing pleural effusion.
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CT-Scan of Thorax.
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ZN stain (pleural fluid) showing non acid fast branching filamentous bacteria with plenty of pus cells. (left to right)
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Showing Molar-tooth colonies on blood agar.
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Showing creamy growth of Candida on SDA slant.
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CHROM-AGAR showing the white coloured confluent growth of Candida parapsilosis.
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Showing budding yeast cells of Candida. (left to right)
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