Disseminated Candidiasis and Gangrenous Cholecystitis Due to Candida spp.

Cytologic Diagnosis of Suppurative Cholecystitis due to Candida albicans and Actinomyces

“…[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13] Twenty-one of these cases revealed pure culture growth of Candida. [1][2][3][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13] The most common species was C albicans 3,5-10,13 followed by Candida parapsilosis, 6,9,11 Candida glabrata 1,2,11 and Candida tropicalis. 9,11 The pathogenesis of gallbladder candidiasis is not well understood but is thought to result from colonization of the gastrointestinal tract by Candida.…”