A Trichosporon asahii Bloodstream Infection in a Preterm Newborn with a Successful Outcome: A Case Report
| Autor: | Abdelrazek Sam, Faiz A, Bukhari Ma, Abeer H El-Shalakany |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
Voriconazole
medicine.medical_specialty Pediatrics Neonatal intensive care unit business.industry Trichosporon asahii bacterial infections and mycoses medicine.disease chemistry.chemical_compound Low birth weight chemistry Amphotericin B medicine Caspofungin medicine.symptom Intensive care medicine business Fungemia Fluconazole medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Blood & Lymph. |
| ISSN: | 2165-7831 |
| DOI: | 10.4172/2165-7831.1000157 |
| Popis: | Trichosporon asahii is a rare opportunistic fungal pathogen that causes fatal systemic infections in immunocompromised patients. We have reported a case of T. asahii fungemia in a low birth weight preterm newborn baby in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). This case of T. asahii fungemia was unresponsive to treatment with a combination of Amphotericin B and Fluconazole. However, Treatment with a combination of Voriconazole and Caspofungin was successfully eliminated the fungus from the blood of the infected patient. |
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