A case of malignant otitis externa caused by Candida glabrata in a patient receiving haemodialysis

Woo Kyun Bae From the Departments of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea

Kyun Sang Lee From the Departments of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea

Jeong Woo Park From the Departments of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea

Eun Hui Bae From the Departments of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea

Seong Kwon Ma From the Departments of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea

Nam Ho Kim From the Departments of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea

Ki Chul Choi From the Departments of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea

Jong Hee Shin Laboratory Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea

Hyong Ho Cho Otolaryngology, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea

Yong Bum Cho Otolaryngology, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea

Soo Wan Kim From the Departments of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, KoreaCorrespondence[email protected]

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Abstract

A 74-y-old male receiving haemodialysis presented with right-sided otalgia, otorrhoea and diffuse swelling on the right external auditory canal. Following an initial successful treatment with prolonged intravenous antibiotics, the patient relapsed with a secondary infection in the same site due to Candida glabrata. We report an unusual case of malignant otitis externa caused by the fungus C. glabrata.

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