Co-infection of Candida parapsilosis in
a Patient of Pulmonary Actinomycosis-A
Rare Case Report
Published: January 1, 2017 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2017/24268.9300
Purbasha Ghosh, Indrajit Gupta, Mousumi Kar, Poulami Nandi, Prosenjit Naskar
1. Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, Burdwan Medical College, Burdwan, West Bengal, India.
2. Post Graduate Trainee, Department of Microbiology, Burdwan Medical College, Burdwan, West Bengal, India.
3. Demonstrator, Department of Pathology, Burdwan Medical College, Burdwan, West Bengal, India.
4. Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, Nrs Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
5. Post Graduate Trainee, Department of Community Medicine, Burdwan Medical College, Burdwan, West Bengal, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Indrajit Gupta,
128/1 G.T. Road, Baidyabati, Kajipara, District Hooghly, Baidyabati-712222, West Bengal, India.
E-mail: indrajitgupta.mail@gmail.com
The diagnosis of pulmonary actinomycosis is difficult and less than 10% of cases are diagnosed at the initial presentation. Actinomycosis is always poly-microbial flora infection in human. On the other hand, Candida parapsilosis is an emerging fungal pathogen especially in immuno-compromised patients. Combined bacterial-fungal infection increases frequency and severity of the disease. This report is a case of a Candida parapsilosis co-infection in a 23-year-old male patient having pulmonary actinomycosis. This thereby could guide the clinicians towards an appropriate therapy
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