Candida Parasilosis Infection of the Lung: A Case Report

Dr. Hortencia Pereira, Dr. Ajay Rao, Dr. Uday Kakodkar, Dr. Neha Kharangate

Abstract: Candida pneumonia is a rare and challenging infection of the lung because of lack of established, reliable clinical criteria for making the diagnosis. We report a case of 34year old female who developed candidaparaspilosis pneumonia. There was no evidence of immunodeficiency. Bronchial washings confirmed the diagnosis of pulmonary candidiasis. This patient achieved a favorable outcome within 14 weeks treatment with fluconazole.

Keywords: pulmonary candidiasis, pneumonia bronchial washings fluconazole