• Der Anaesthesist · Feb 2022

    Case Reports

    [Severe Candida sepsis in a 28-year-old female patient with initial diagnosis of diabetes mellitus and marked hyperosmolar coma].

    • S Niel, R Douwa, and S G Sakka.
    • Klinik für Innere Medizin II, Lehrkrankenhaus der Universitätsmedizin Mainz, Gemeinschaftsklinikum Mittelrhein, Standort Kemperhof Koblenz, Koblenzer Straße 115-155, 56073, Koblenz, Deutschland. sebastian.niel@gk.de.
    • Anaesthesist. 2022 Feb 1; 71 (2): 117-122.

    AbstractWe report on a 28-year-old female patient who had no history of diseases and who was brought to our intensive care unit in a comatose state by the ambulance service. The clinical picture corresponded to sepsis with a massively increased blood sugar concentration (> 2000 mg/dl) as well as a pronounced skin mycosis in the groin region of the very obese patient (body mass index [BMI]: 33.7 kg/m2) in the physical examination. The treatment of sepsis was initially supplemented by a calculated antifungal treatment. The blood culture diagnosis confirmed the presence of Candida albicans and Candida glabrata. Despite adequate anti-infective treatment, the patient developed a septic shock in the further course, so that the additional escalation of treatment was initiated by renal replacement therapy on the second day and venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation because of an ARDS. Despite all of these measures and maximum intensive care treatment, the patient developed a progressive multiple organ failure. When the pupils became rigid to light, a cerebral computed tomography was carried out. This showed evidence of a severe cerebral edema without signs of cerebral bleeding. Multiple examinations of somatosensory evoked potentials and electroencephalograms showed signs of irreversible brain damage. In view of this poor prognosis the therapeutic measures were limited. The patient died on day 24 after admission to the intensive care unit. The case study shows that antifungal treatment should definitely be considered in the context of sepsis treatment if there is a clinically justified suspicion.The role of the severely altered metabolic situation with massive hyperglycemia and ketoacidosis cannot be finally assessed.© 2021. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Medizin Verlag GmbH, ein Teil von Springer Nature.

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