A case of generalized candidiasis with multi-focal liver damage in the practice of an infectious disease doctor
AbstractThe article presents a rare clinical case of generalized candidiasis with the development of multi-focal liver damage in a patient without signs of immunodeficiency. The stages of complex differential diagnostic search in the practice of an infectious disease doctor are described.
Keywords:multifocal hepatic involvement, disseminated candidiasis, Candida spp. growth from bile
Funding. The study was not sponsored.
Conflict of interest. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest
Contribution. Patient monitoring and treatment, the collection and processing of the material, writing a text - Davydova I.V.; patient monitoring, editing and approving the final version of the article - Timchenko O.L.; patient monitoring and treatment -Popova T.I.
For citation: Davydova I.V., Timchenko O.L., Popova T.I. A case of generalized candidiasis with multi-focal liver damage in the practice of an infectious disease doctor. Infektsionnye bolezni: novosti, mneniya, obuchenie [Infectious Diseases: News, Opinions, Training]. 2020; 9 (4): С. 126-30. DOI: https://doi.org/10.33029/2305-3496-2020-9-4-126-130 (in Russian)
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