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A hemodialysis case with fungemia due to Candida parapsilosis after COVID-19 infection
Abstract
Bacterial and fungal infections may emerge with or following COVID-19 infection. Corticosteroids, antibiotics, and other therapies utilized in severe cases of COVID-19 pneumonia may pose a risk for fungal infections. In this paper, we present the case of a 59-year-old female patient with underlying chronic renal failure and diabetes who received long-term corticosteroid therapy for COVID-19 pneumonia and subsequently developed fungemia and catheter infection due to Candida parapsilosis. We removed her subclavian catheter and administered amphotericin -B therapy for 37 days. Overall, we recommend keeping in mind that opportunistic fungal infections may emerge in patients receiving long-term immunosuppressive drug therapy due to COVID-19 with risk factors such as hemodialysis, central venous catheter use, and broad-spectrum antibiotic use.

Keywords : COVID-19, candida parapsilosis, catheter infection, fungemia

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Article available in :
Volume 2, Issue 1, 2023
Page : 26-29
https://doi.org/10.51271/JTPM-0036
Article Information
Received : 13 Şub 2023
Accepted : 30 Nis 2023
Published : 30 Nis 2023
Corresponding Author :

Salih Cesur: Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Ankara Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Ankara, TURKEY

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Citation : Altun MS, Urtimur U, Cesur S, Kaya Kılıç E, Kınıklı S. A hemodialysis case with fungemia due to Candida parapsilosis after COVID-19 infection. J Transl Pract Med. 2023;2(1):27-30.

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