Zippi Maddalena, Toma Antonella, Maccioni Francesca, Pica Roberta
Unit of Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy, Sandro Pertini Hospital, Rome, ITA.
Unit of Urgent Digestive Endoscopy, Sandro Pertini Hospital, Rome, ITA.
Cureus. 2021 Feb 4;13(2):e13117. doi: 10.7759/cureus.13117.
Illicit substances are widely used all over the world. Among them, crack cocaine results to be the most used drug for the fact that it can be taken in different ways, such as inhaled or intravenous. Pulmonary complications are well known in people snorting it, mostly due to contamination with other substances contained in the objects able to infuse the drug. Herein, we present a case of lung candida abscess related to nasal insufflation of cocaine in an abuser patient suffering from hepatitis C virus (HCV) and not immunocompromised.
非法药物在世界各地广泛使用。其中，快克可卡因是使用最广泛的毒品，因为它可以通过不同方式摄入，如吸入或静脉注射。吸食快克可卡因的人肺部并发症众所周知，主要是由于用于注入毒品的物品中所含的其他物质造成的污染。在此，我们报告一例与可卡因鼻吸有关的肺念珠菌脓肿病例，该滥用药物患者患有丙型肝炎病毒（HCV）且无免疫功能低下。
