Saha Kaushik, Sit Niranjan Kr, Maji Arnab, Jash Debraj
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Burdwan Medical College and Hospital, Burdwan, West Bengal, India.
Lung India. 2013 Oct;30(4):338-40. doi: 10.4103/0970-2113.120614.
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations admitted in intensive care units (ICUs) occur rarely due to fungal respiratory tract infections, but may occur when associated co-morbidities like diabetes mellitus coexist. Candida ciferrii is a new agent, recently was isolated from lung infections but usually resistant to fluconazole. Here, we report a rare case of pneumonia due to fluconazole sensitive Candida ciferrii in a COPD patient with known diabetes, admitted in our ICU.
慢性阻塞性肺疾病(COPD)患者因真菌性呼吸道感染入住重症监护病房(ICU)的情况很少见,但当合并糖尿病等共病时可能会发生。西弗念珠菌是一种新的病原体,最近从肺部感染中分离出来,但通常对氟康唑耐药。在此,我们报告一例已知患有糖尿病的COPD患者因对氟康唑敏感的西弗念珠菌导致肺炎,入住我们的ICU。