The case of infectious: Candida albicans abscess

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Published: 1985-12-15

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Corporación para Investigaciones Biológicas (CIB), Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe (HPTU), C. para I. B. (CIB), H. P. T. U. (HPTU). (1985). The case of infectious: Candida albicans abscess. Medicina UPB, 4(2), 109-113. https://revistas.upb.edu.co/index.php/medicina/article/view/6168
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Corporación para Investigaciones Biológicas (CIB), Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe (HPTU) Corporación para Investigaciones Biológicas (CIB), Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe (HPTU)
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Abstract

The case of a diabetic woman who developed a subcutaneous abscess at the site of an intramuscular injection, is reported. The causative agent, C. albicans, was observed microscopically in the pus and insolated in pure culture in two different opportunities. Treatment with Ketoconazole preved curative.

Keywords:
Subcutaneous abscess, C. albicans, Ketocanazole

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Corporación para Investigaciones Biológicas (CIB), Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe (HPTU) Corporación para Investigaciones Biológicas (CIB), Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe (HPTU), Corporation for Biological Research

The coordination was in charge of Drs. Álvaro Echavarría Escobar, internist, Colombian Cardiovascular Center. Sata María and Álvaro Henao Trujillo Clinic, student of the Advanced Training Program in Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana. She was advised by Dr. Ángela Restrepo M., Head of the Mycology Laboratory, CIB. Pablo Tobón Uribe Hospital. Medellin Colombia.

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