Abstract: Fungi, once considered non-pathogenic microbiological curiosities have emerged as an important cause of community acquired and health care associated infections.Invasive fungal infections are important cause of morbidity and mortality in cancer patients. Among various pathogenic species of fungi, Candida is the most prominent cause of fungal infections Candidiasis is an infection of Candida albicans causing disseminated disease invariably when host defences are compromised. Here we report a case of invasive mycoses in which Candida albicans was isolated from urine sample of 60 year old male. Patient was diagnosed with cancer in penis. A major obstacle to control this infection is inadequate diagnostic techniques. Although major advances in the case of cancer patients over past several decades have resulted in improved survival
Keywords: Fungi, candidiasis, cancer, pathogen, infections, disseminated.
Title: ISOLATION OF INVASIVE CANDIDIASIS IN CANCER PATIENT: CASE REPORT
Author: Parnavi Arya, Varsha Aglawe, Megha Tiwari, Shraddha Patel, Sushma Jaget
International Journal of Healthcare Sciences
ISSN 2348-5728 (Online)
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