Author (Year) |
Sex/age
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Risk Factors for Candida Infection
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Underlying Medical Condition
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Localization
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Imaging findings (Ultrasound, CT, MRI)
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Treatment
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Sur-gery
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Nelp 28 (1963) | 17/ F | Poorly controlled diabetes mellitus, Daily injection of insulin | diabetes mellitus, | thighs | _ | Nitrofurazone gauze in abscesses cavities | + |
Mochizuki et al. 29 (1988)
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59/ M
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2-month hospitalization (bedridden)
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subarachnoid hemorrhage, intracranial surgery (4 times)
|
Left Knee (3x11 cm subcutaneous abscess)
|
_
|
Miconazole, Amphotericin-B |
-
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Manfredi et al. 30 (1997) |
36/ M
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Progressive HIV-related immunocompromise, IV-drug abuser, peripheral
sensory neuropathy, advanced liver cirrhosis, chronic HBV infection
(treated with zidovudine (500 mg daily) for 6 months)
|
AIDS
|
right upper thoracic wall (5 cm)
|
Chest X-ray and an ultrasonographic examination confirmed an isolated
subcutaneous abscess
|
oral itraconazole
|
_
|
Tuon et al. 31 (2006) | 32/M | Tuberculosis | gastrointestinal surgery, short bowel syndrome | Skin abscess | - | fluconazole | + |
Florescu et al. 32 (2010) | 50/M | Immunosuppression (Mycophenolate mofetil 1.5 g twice a day, prednisone 5 mg/d and a day, prednisone 5 mg/d | Cardiac transplant recipient, on trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole treatment for cerebral nocardiosis | subcutaneous abscesses of legs | MRI: cellulites and a medial fluid collection (4* 1.5cm) CT: large (5*3*7 cm) multiloculated fluid collection in the posterior leg | Moxifloxacin, Fluconazole; trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole | _ |
Buchanan et al. 33 (2013) | 55/M | central catheter placement | gunshot wounds | neck | CT: multiseptated abscess of the left lower neck and left supraclavicular region | anidulafungin | + |
Kakeya et al. 34 (2014) | 50/ M | Immunosuppression (40 mg/day of hydrocortisone, 0.5 mg/day of dexamethasone) | Right adrenalectomy, daily corticosteroid replacement, Cushing’s syndrome, pulmonary cryptococcosis | subcutaneous abscesses of legs | MRI: rounded fluid-collection signal in the soft tissue of the legs | Fluconazole | + |
Musa et al. 35 (2014) |
67/M
|
diabetes mellitus
|
-
|
retropharyngeal region
|
Lateral neck x-ray: widening of soft tissue of prevertebral area with area of lucency indicating air content CT: ill-defined thin rim-enhancing hypodense collection |
oral Fluconazole
|
+
|
Peker et al. 36 (2015) |
68/ M
|
diabetes mellitus
|
buccal-space infection
|
left cheek
|
Panoramic radiograph: extensive bone loss between the teeth related with buccal abscess MRI: fluid accumulation compatible with an abscess located in the area of masticatory muscle structures reaching the left infraorbital region |
Amphotericin-B and oral fluconazole
|
_
|
Messina et al. 37 (2015)
|
42/M
|
Immunosuppression
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HIV-seropositive
|
right chest wall
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Ultrasound: heterogeneous mass with irregular contours with echogenic stippling and hypo echoic area in intimate contact with the muscular plane CT: liquid collection in relation to the anterior chest wall with air bubbles |
Fluconazole
|
+
|
Kothari et al. 38 (2016) | 42/ M | Chemotherapy (darubicin, cytarabine and cytarabine), neutropenic | acute myeloid leukemia | arms, chest, back and legs, spleen | CT: splenomegaly and multiple hypodense nodules FDG PET: splenomegaly with diffuse uptake in the spleen | Micafungin, voriconazole | _ |
Amita et al. 39 (2017) | 60/ M | diabetes mellitus | tuberculosis | right forearm | - | Intravenous antifungal drug | _ |
Yi et al. 40 (2019) | 60/ M | myelosuppressive chemotherapy | acute granulomonocytic leukemia | subcutaneous abscess of calves, splenic abscess | CT: multiple hypodense lesions in the spleen MRI: multiple subcutaneous abscesses in the calves | Amphotericin-B flucytosine | _ |
Sung et al. 41 (2021) | 57/ F | type 2 diabetes mellitus | blunt eyelid trauma with self-administered acupuncture | facial candidal abscess | CT: soft tissue swelling in the left periorbital area | fluconazole | + |
Yoshihara et al. 42 (2022) |
42/ F
|
Hashimoto’s disease
|
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy 9 months prior to admission
|
lower left rib in the anterior chest wall
|
Contrast-enhanced CT: the fluid density area around the lower
left side of rib (6.5 cm in diameter)
|
Micafungin, fluconazole |
+
|
Current study (2023)
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14/M
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acute myeloid leukemia M3 type (Treated with daunorubicin, ATRA and
later with Arsenic trioxide)
|
acute myeloid leukemia M3 type
|
arms, buttocks, thighs, calves, and plantar surface of feet
|
Ultrasonography: multiple thick walled cystic lesions containing some internal echogenic material, Multiple target shaped and some hypoechoic lesions were also observed in liver and spleen MRI: numerous iso to hyper signal on T1 and hyper signal on T2 weighted oval lesions with hyposignal rim within different muscles |
Amphotericin-B and Fluconazole
|
+
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