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Case Reports
. 2023 Dec 29:43:100625.
doi: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2023.100625. eCollection 2024 Mar.

Biliary co-infection by multidrug-resistant Candida glabrata and Candida albicans in a case of pancreatic cancer with cholangitis: A case report and review of literature

Amir Sadeghi  1 , Hamidreza Houri  2 , Ensieh Lotfali  3 , Erfan Ghadirzadeh  1 , Mohsen Rajabnia  4
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Biliary co-infection by multidrug-resistant Candida glabrata and Candida albicans in a case of pancreatic cancer with cholangitis: A case report and review of literature

Amir Sadeghi et al. Med Mycol Case Rep. .

Abstract

Herein, we report a case of pancreatic cancer with acute cholangitis secondary to biliary obstruction. Empirical antibiotic therapy did not change the clinical presentation. Blood cultures were sterile; however, bile culture was positive for yeasts. Our laboratory analysis revealed a biliary coinfection by multidrug-resistant C. glabrata and C. albicans. The patient was successfully treated with endoscopic biliary drainage.

Keywords: Biliary tract; Candida albicans; Candida glabrata; Candidiasis; Cholangitis.

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Fig. 1
Candida glabrata with pink-colored colonies (left) and Candida albicans with green-colored colonies (right) on CHROMagar Candida. (For interpretation of the references to color in this figure legend, the reader is referred to the Web version of this article.)
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