A Case of Chronic Pancreatitis With Pancreatic Pseudocysts Complicated by a Rare Candida albicans Infection

Candida glabrata infection of a pancreatic pseudocyst in a COVID-19 patient: A case report and review of the literature

“…Infectious ailments of pancreatic pseudocysts remain a widely known complication of acute pancreatitis. Medical and surgical literature is replete with studies detailing pancreatic pseudocyst infections, many of which are delineated in Table 1 [ [7] , [8] , [9] , [10] , [11] , [12] , [13] , [14] , [15] , [16] , [17] , [18] , [19] , [20] , [21] , [22] , [23] , [24] , [25] , [26] ]. In 2018, Shi et al presented the case of a 26-year-old Chinese woman presenting with severe acute pancreatitis with subsequent hospitalization [ 6 ].…”

“… Candida glabrata sensitive to fluconazole. FLZ (14 days), ED Recovered 2 week post op: Follow-up contrast-enhanced CT of the abdomen reported complete collapse of the cyst cavity Janani et al [ 18 ] 2017 42 F Pancreatic pseudocyst Alcohol abuse, chronic pancreatitis Abdominal pain and fevers Candida albicans FLZ, MEM; SD: ex-lap with debridement, open abdomen with wound-vac drainage and several PWT Recovered Cant access full article Olivero et al [ 19 ] 1973 42 M Pancreatic pseudocyst Renal transplant Persistent abdominal pain and fevers Candida albicans AmB (775mg), SD: ex-lap: cystojejunostomy Recovered Cant access full article Chemsi et al [ 20 ] 2018 65 unknown Pancreatic pseudocyst End-stage chronic kidney disease Acute pancreatitis Acinetobacter baumanii, Candida albicans FLZ, Colistin, ED Recovered No follow up mentioned Kumar et al [ 21 ] 2011 45 F Pancreatic necrosis and abscess None Abdominal pain and respiratory distress Escherichia coli , Candida tropicalis IPM, Am B, necrosectomy Recovered Indicates the patient was followed up – unknown time and method of follow up Shekar et al [ 22 ] 1992 71 M Pancreatic pseudocyst <...>…”