[Esophageal ulcer caused by Geotrichum candidum in a case of AIDS].

Pathologica

Divisione di gastroenterologia, Ospedali Galliera di Genova.

Published: October 1990

Isolate esophageal ulcer caused by Geotrichum candidum in a case of AIDS. We report the case of a 29-year-old white man, AIDS affected, presented with odynophagia, dysphagia and chest pain. X-ray and endoscopic study revealed an isolated esophageal ulcer whose culture demonstrated to be caused by Geotrichum candidum. This etiologic agent was not previously described in this kind of lesion.

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