| Autor: |
Angelo Maccaro, Renato Pascale, Andrea Liberatore, Gabriele Turello, Simone Ambretti, Pierluigi Viale, Monica Cricca |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2021 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Medical Mycology Case Reports, Vol 33, Iss , Pp 5-8 (2021) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2211-7539 |
| DOI: |
10.1016/j.mmcr.2021.05.002 |
| Popis: |
Pseudozyma aphidis is an environmental fungus which causes opportunistic infections in immunocompromised patients. Here we report the case of a 54-year-old, intravenous drug user woman, newly diagnosed to have an aggressive lymphoma, who developed a bloodstream infection caused by P. aphidis treated successfully with amphotericin-B therapy. The precise identification was assessed by sequencing. We propose to consider intravenous drug use as a risk factor for invasive infections due to this environmental yeast. |
| Databáze: |
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