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Original Article
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Korean J Med. 2009;77(2):251-254.
- 다이어트 약물 치료 후 Candida guilliermondii에 의한 칸디다 혈증
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임민희·허상택, ·배인규, ·정용근·김현옥·고관수, ·김선주, , ,
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- A case of candidemia due to Candida guilliermondii after taking diet pills
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Min Hee Lim, Sang Taek Heo, In-Gyu Bae, Yong Geun Jeong, Hyun Ok Kim, Kwan Soo Ko, Sunjoo Kim
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- Abstract
- Candida guilliermondii is found in sea water, animal feces, buttermilk, and beer and has been isolated from human infections,
mostly of cutaneous origin. It usually causes skin and soft tissue infections and has decreased susceptibility to fluconazole.
Systemic infections occur mostly in immunocompromised patients.
A 38-year-old female was admitted with a 4-day fever. Her medical and family histories were unremarkable, except for obesity.
She had been taking diet pills for 3 months and had undergone injection therapy into her abdomen for lipolysis for 1 month. She did
not respond to empirical antibiotics. A Candida species was isolated from blood cultures and identified as C. guilliermondii based
on partial LSU rRNA gene sequence analyses. She was treated with amphotericin B, and recovered completely. (Korean J Med
77:251-254, 2009)
Keywords :Candida guilliermondii, Obesity, Diet pills, Amphotericin B
