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Candida pneumonia

Up Candida laryngitis Candida peritonitis Candida pneumonia Candiduria in critically ill Prophylaxis

 

Updated August 2009 by Charles Gomersall

  • Primary Candida pneumonia (ie isolated lung infection) is uncommon
    • tends to occur after aspiration of oropharyngeal material
    • definitive diagnosis requires histological confirmation
  • More commonly pulmonary lesions are only one manifestation of disseminated candidiasis
  • Even more common is benign colonization of the airway with Candida.
  • Treatment:
    • primary Candida pneumonia: amphotericin B 0.7-1 mg/kg/day
    • disseminated candidiasis: treatment should be directed to treatment of disseminated disease rather than Candida pneumonia per se.
    • colonization should not be treated

Further reading

Pappas PG. Guidelines for treatment of candidiasis. Clin Infect Dis 2004; 38:161-89

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