BreakthroughSaprochaete capitatainfections in patients receiving echinocandins: case report and review of the literature
| Autor: | Axel Jeurissen, Jan Verhaegen, Katrien Lagrou, M. van Bergen, Ignace Surmont, Lieve Coorevits, C. Schuermans |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Antifungal Agents Echinocandin Biology Echinocandins Lipopeptides chemistry.chemical_compound Fatal Outcome Caspofungin Internal medicine polycyclic compounds medicine Humans In patient Child Intensive care medicine Aged Saprochaete capitata Geotrichosis Myeloid leukemia Breakthrough infection General Medicine Middle Aged Triazoles bacterial infections and mycoses Geotrichum Leukemia Myeloid Acute Pyrimidines Infectious Diseases chemistry Capitata Female Voriconazole medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Medical Mycology. 49:414-418 |
| ISSN: | 1460-2709 1369-3786 |
| DOI: | 10.3109/13693786.2010.535179 |
| Popis: | We report a rare case of a fatal Saprochaete capitata breakthrough infection in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia receiving empirical caspofungin therapy. S. capitata is an uncommon, yet emerging cause of invasive infections, especially in patients with haematological malignancies. Blood cultures from our patient yielded S. capitata which was found to be resistant, in vitro, to caspofungin. We consecutively reviewed all published cases of breakthrough infections caused by S. capitata in patients receiving echinocandins. S. capitata should be considered in those patients who remain febrile or who develop invasive mould infections while under echinocandin therapy. |
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