Case report: ischemic enteritis in a patient with Candida albicans infection.

Abstract

A case is reported of a 64-year old man with Candida albicans sepsis of pulmonary origin. It was complicated by a hemorrhagic ischemic enteritis that made it necessary to resect 2 1/2 m of small bowel. The specimen contained many pseudohyphae and yeast cells in the layers of the wall, especially in the necrotic areas. The superior mesenteric artery and its branches were patent and not occluded by infected thrombotic material, as has been described in another case of necrotizing enteritis accompanying Candida albicans sepsis. The pathogenesis and treatment of the ischemic enteritis in this case are discussed.