Candida jejunitis: a rare cause of intestinal pneumatosis in the immunocompromised patient

Australas Radiol. 2000 May;44(2):206-7. doi: 10.1046/j.1440-1673.2000.00785.x.

Abstract

A case of fatal necrotizing jejunitis caused by Candida albicans is described in a patient with acute myeloid leukaemia undergoing chemotherapy. The diagnosis was made at autopsy. Computed tomography findings were of small bowel dilatation with pneumatosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Candidiasis / complications*
  • Candidiasis / diagnosis
  • Candidiasis / immunology
  • Enteritis / complications
  • Enteritis / diagnostic imaging
  • Enteritis / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Immunocompromised Host*
  • Jejunal Diseases / complications*
  • Jejunal Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Jejunal Diseases / microbiology
  • Jejunum / diagnostic imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis / etiology*
  • Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis / microbiology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed