Fungaemia caused by Fusarium proliferatum in a patient without definite immunodeficiency.

ABSTRACT

Recent literature has shown the growing importance of opportunistic fungal infections due to Fusarium spp. However, disseminated fusariosis remains rare in patients without neutropenia. We report a case of fungaemia in a 78-year-old French woman without definite immunodeficiency. Fusarium proliferatum grew from both central and peripheral blood cultures. Fever was the only clinical sign of the infection. An appropriate antifungal therapy with voriconazole led to the recovery of the patient. An environmental investigation was undertaken but failed to find a reservoir of Fusarium spores. A contaminated central venous catheter might have been the source of fungaemia.