CANDIDA ALBICANS (MONILIA ALBICANS) INFECTION WITH BLOOD STREAM INVASION; REPORT OF A CASE WITH A STRAIN CLINICALLY RESISTANT TO SULFONAMIDE DRUGS AND TO PENICILLIN IN VITRO
Authors: Stanford Wessler, Harold R. Browne
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1945)

Case Reports1 June 1945CANDIDA ALBICANS (MONILIA ALBICANS) INFECTION WITH BLOOD STREAM INVASION; REPORT OF A CASE WITH A STRAIN CLINICALLY RESISTANT TO SULFONAMIDE DRUGS AND TO PENICILLIN IN VITROSTANFORD WESSLER, M.D., HAROLD R. BROWNE, M.D.STANFORD WESSLER, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, HAROLD R. BROWNE, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-22-6-886 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe following case is reported because of renewed wartime interest in fungus diseases and because of the comparative rarity with which Candida has been found in the blood stream.The ubiquity of human moniliasis is more fully appreciated today than in former years. Keiper1concluded that 3 per cent of apparently normal individuals harbor monilia in their throats. Schnoor2has commented on the high incidence of monilia in normal stools. Systemic infection is not rare, as evidenced by reports in the literature of involvement of the bone, lungs and parenchymatous organs with this fungus. Despite this fact, however, up to...Bibliography1. KEIPER TW: Studies on yeastlike fungi isolated from pulmonary disease (bronchomoniliasis), Jr. Lab. and Clin. Med., 1938, xxiii, 343-354. Google Scholar2. SCHNOOR TG: The occurrence of monilia in normal stools, Am. Jr. Trop. Med., 1939, xix, 163-169. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. WIKLERWILLIAMSDOUGLASSEMMONSDUNN AEGEDCWRC: Mycotic endocarditis, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1942, cxix, 333-336. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. JOACHIMPOLAYES HSH: Subacute endocarditis and systemic mycosis (monilia), Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1940, cxv, 205-208. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. FRIEDMANDONALDSON NBL: Systemic mycosis with mycotic endocarditis, Arch. Path., 1939, xxvii, 394. Google Scholar6. POLAYESEMMONS SHCW: Final report on the identification of the organism of the previously reported case of subacute endocarditis and systemic mycosis (monilia), Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1941, cxvii, 1533-1534. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. CASTELLANI A: Notes on certain bronchomycoses which may simulate pulmonary tuberculosis, Am. Rev. Tuberc., 1927, xvi, 541-574. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Albany, New York*Received for publication January 12, 1944.From the Medical Service, Albany Hospital, Albany, New York. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byCANDIDA INFECTION OF THE URINARY TRACT: Case Report, with a Review of the Literature and a Study of Frequency of Yeast Isolations from the Urine of Children with Bacterial Urinary InfectionsThe role of antibiotics in the pathogenesis of Candida infectionsExperimental renal moniliasis in the mouseMykosenCandida endocarditisFungus Ball (Candida Albicans) Formation in the BladderSurgical Cure of Candida albicans Endocarditis with Open-Heart SurgeryCandida tropicalis as a Pathogen for ManSYSTEMIC CANDIDIASIS (MONILIASIS) COMPLICATING TREATMENT OF BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS, WITH REVIEW OF LITERATURE AND REPORT OF APPARENT CURE OF ONE CASE WITH PARENTERAL MYCOSTATIN*E. RICHARD HARRELL, M.D., GEORGE R. THOMPSON, M.D.Disseminated, Fatal, Postpartum Candidiasis with Renal Suppuration: Case ReportA REPORT OF A CASE OF LOCALIZED BRONCHOPULMONARY MONILIASIS SUCCESSFULLY TREATED BY SURGERYCandida albicans infection in a childTHE YEAST-LIKE FUNGI: CANDIDA AND BRETTANOMYCES 1 June 1945Volume 22, Issue 6Page: 886-890KeywordsBloodCandidaDrugsFungal diseasesLungsMedical servicesPenicillinPharynxRiversSulfonamide ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 June 1945 PDF downloadLoading ...