A case of sepsis of the urinary tract caused by Candida albicans

The AA. describe a case of secondary sepsis of the urinary tract by Candida albicans. The subject, after an operation of right inguinal herniotomy, was treated prophylactically with Ceporin. Three days after the operation he was catheterized and Bactrin was added to Ceporin. It was possible to isolate from urine a strain of Candida. Morphological, cultural, biochemical features, as well as fermentation and assimilation tests, and the biological assay of pathogenicity on the rabbit, allowed the strain of the yeast to be identified as Candida albicans. Moreover, an extract obtained from the yeast, tested by Wadsworth's micromethod against the serum of the patient, showed two lines of precipitation. The patient recovered after treatment with antimycotics.