| Institution: | 1. Infectious Diseases Department, Ramón y Cajal Hospital, Madrid, Spain;2. Digestive Department, Ramón y Cajal Hospital, Madrid, Spain;3. Microbiology Department, Ramón y Cajal Hospital, Madrid, Spain;4. Pathology Department, Ramón y Cajal Hospital, Madrid, Spain;5. Microbiology Department, Gregorio Marañón Hospital, Madrid, Spain |
| Abstract: | BackgroundT2 magnetic resonance imaging (T2MR) is a new method for the diagnosis of invasive candidiasis, although most studies have analyzed its role in patients with candidemia or not infection.Case reportWe present the case of a patient with arteritis and thrombosis of the hepatic graft resulted from an undocumented fungal infection in the explanted liver.T2MR in serum was a suitable diagnostic tool for the diagnosis of the deep-seated invasive candidiasis in the absence of candidemia or the isolation of the yeast in culture.ConclusionsT2MR allowed the diagnosis of deep-seated invasive candidiasis in an immunodepressed patient without candidemia, even before the onset of symptoms. |
