Brain abscess due to Candida glabrata in an immunocompetent patient. A case report with update and literature review

IDCases. 2020 Oct 23:22:e00996. doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00996. eCollection 2020.

Abstract

Candida spp. brain abscess is scare. Clinical presentation is unspecific. Diagnosis requires mycological culture of a puncture or biopsy specimen. Therapeutic management is based on prolonged course of azole or liposomal amphotericin B. We reported the case of Candida glabrata brain abscess in a 27 year-old female patient, with no past history and not secondary to candidemia. The fungus was isolated from a puncture of abscess with complete resection. The outcome was favorable under antifungal treatment by voriconazole.

Keywords: Brain abscess; Candida glabrata; Candida spp; Immunocompetent.

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