A case of malignant otitis externa caused by Candida glabrata in a patient receiving haemodialysis

Scand J Infect Dis. 2007;39(4):370-2. doi: 10.1080/00365540600978971.

Abstract

A 74-y-old male receiving haemodialysis presented with right-sided otalgia, otorrhoea and diffuse swelling on the right external auditory canal. Following an initial successful treatment with prolonged intravenous antibiotics, the patient relapsed with a secondary infection in the same site due to Candida glabrata. We report an unusual case of malignant otitis externa caused by the fungus C. glabrata.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Amphotericin B / therapeutic use
  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
  • Candida glabrata* / drug effects
  • Candida glabrata* / pathogenicity
  • Candidiasis / drug therapy*
  • Fluconazole / therapeutic use
  • Gallium Radioisotopes
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Otitis Externa / diagnostic imaging
  • Otitis Externa / microbiology*
  • Radiography
  • Recurrence
  • Renal Dialysis
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Gallium Radioisotopes
  • Amphotericin B
  • Fluconazole