Abstract

Vidigal, Pedrina Gonçalves, Santos, Simone Aparecida, Maria Aparecida Fernandez, Patrícia de Souza Bonfim, Hilton Vizi Martinez and Terezinha Inez Estivalet Svidzinski*

Candida species are opportunistic pathogens that belong to the normal human microbiota. In the past decades, the incidence of nosocomial fungal diseases has increased, and Candida spp. is still one of the main causal agents. Urinary tract is usually involved with disseminated infections, but interpretation of yeast findings, from representative specimens of this anatomical site, remains controversial. We report a candiduria case in a 64-year-old male patient from intensive care unit (ICU) who developed candiduria due to Candida tropicalis, which complicated to fatal candidemia despite antifungal treatment.