Rare 'White Fungus' affects patient's gut
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New Delhi In a rare case, 'White Fungus' (Candida) has caused "multifocal perforations" in the food pipeline, small bowl and large bowl in a post Covid-19 patient a case different from known infections of the disease that creates problem in lungs and upper respiratory tract.
A 49-year-old woman, belonging to the National Capital Region (NCR), has been detected with the infection at Delhi's Sir Ganga Ram Hospital after she was admitted there on May 13 with complaints of severe abdominal pain, vomiting and constipation.
"At the time of admission, the patient was in shock and had severe respiratory distress," Ganga Ram Hospital authorities.
Explaining about the details of the woman, whose name is withheld, the hospital said she had undergone mastectomy (removal of breast) for breast cancer and had received her chemotherapy till four weeks ago.
The hospital further informed that the CT Scan of the abdomen revealed free air and moderate amount of free fluid in the abdominal cavity suggestive of an intestinal perforation.
"We immediately placed a tube inside the abdomen and drained about one liter of bile-stained pus," Dr (Prof) Anil Arora, Chairman, Institute of Liver, Gastroenterology and Pancreaticobiliary Sciences says Ganga Ram Hospital.
Next day, the doctor said, the woman was taken for emergency surgery by a team of GI Surgeons lead by Dr (Prof) Samiran Nundy of Department of Surgical Gastroenterology and Liver Transplantation and GI Surgery.
