Unusual course of treatment of a patient diagnosed with Pemphigus Vulgaris (case report)

Acta Chir Plast. 2003;45(3):83-7.

Abstract

The case report is describing patient with an autoimmune disease, Pemphigus Vulgaris. This patient arrived to the general practitioner with Pemphigus Vulgaris after 20 days from the first manifestation of the disease. Despite intensive care, patient dies forty-seventh day after first clinical manifestation of the illness of candidemia. Candidiasis was diagnosed only in postmortem examination.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Candidiasis / etiology*
  • Candidiasis / pathology
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Fungemia / etiology*
  • Fungemia / pathology
  • Humans
  • Pemphigus / diagnosis*
  • Pemphigus / drug therapy
  • Pemphigus / microbiology*
  • Pemphigus / pathology