Non-healing gastric ulcer associated with Candida infection

Indian J Med Microbiol. 2007 Jan;25(1):57-8. doi: 10.4103/0255-0857.31064.

Abstract

Candida bezoars of the stomach usually occur after gastric surgery. We report a small Candida mass occurring on a non-healing gastric ulcer in a 40-year-old male non-smoker. The ulcer healed with fluconazole and withdrawal of the proton pump inhibitor.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
  • Candidiasis / complications*
  • Candidiasis / drug therapy
  • Fluconazole / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Stomach Ulcer / etiology*
  • Stomach Ulcer / pathology
  • Stomach Ulcer / physiopathology
  • Wound Healing / drug effects

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Fluconazole