Disseminated Candida glabrata: Report of a Uniquely Severe Infection and a Literature Review

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Abstract
The autopsy of an immunosuppressed patient with diabetes died of Candida glabrata sepsis revealed widely disseminated infection. There was invasion of previously viable tissue, including cardiac microabscesses, a feature not previously reported for this organism. The pathology, clinical features, and methods of diagnosing C. glabrata infections are reviewed.