Urinary Tract Infection with Candida glabrata in a Patient with Spinal Cord Injury

Abstract

Candida glabrata was thought to be a primarily non-pathogenic organism. However, with the ever-increasing population of immunocompromised individuals, it is considered to be an opportunistic pathogen. Patients with spinal cord injuries often using a long-term urinary catheter and are high risk for Urinary Tract Infections. This case report describes a patient with spinal cord injury (thoracic region) with a pure culture of Candida glabrata in a urine sample.

Keywords

• Candida glabrata
• Urinary tract infection
• Spinal cord injury