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Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis
; 107(4): 116077, 2023 Dec.
Artículo
en Inglés
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-37742427
RESUMEN
Premature hospitalized neonates have a greater risk for candidemia, however, fungemia due to rare opportunistic yeasts have been recently reported and is associated with high mortality rates. We herein report the first case in Latin America of Lodderomyces elongisporus fungemia in a premature neonate with a fatal outcome.
Asunto(s)
Candidemia , Fungemia , Enfermedades del Recién Nacido , Saccharomycetales , Recién Nacido , Humanos , Fungemia/diagnóstico , Fungemia/tratamiento farmacológico , América Latina , Saccharomycetales/genética , Candidemia/tratamiento farmacológico , Levaduras , Antifúngicos/farmacología , Antifúngicos/uso terapéutico
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Braz. j. microbiol
; 46(2): 527-530, Apr-Jun/2015. graf
Artículo
en Inglés
| LILACS
| ID: lil-749721
RESUMEN
We report a case of invasive infection due to Saprochaete capitata in a patient with hematological malignancies after chemotherapy treatment and empiric antifungal therapy with caspofungin. Although severely immunocompromised the patient survived been treated with amphotericin B lipid complex associated with voriconazole.