Candida utilis catheter-related bloodstream infection

Candida utilis catheter-related bloodstream infection

Central venous catheter-related fungemia are increasing in the last years, also due to rare fungi. We report the case of a Candida utilis catheter-related bloodstream infection in a patient with metastatic carcinoma of the bladder and a long term totally implanted venous catheter. The diagnosis was...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Giancarlo Scoppettuolo, Concetta Donato, Elena De Carolis, Antonietta Vella, Luisa Vaccaro, Antonio La Greca, Massimo Fantoni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-10-01
Series:Medical Mycology Case Reports
Subjects:
CRBSI
Fungemia
Antifungal treatment
Central venous catheter
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211753914000499
id doaj-d5ca8d8c2fdd47ba81aeb0b9ac33b514
record_format Article
spelling doaj-d5ca8d8c2fdd47ba81aeb0b9ac33b5142020-11-25T03:19:00ZengElsevierMedical Mycology Case Reports2211-75392014-10-016C707210.1016/j.mmcr.2014.10.003Candida utilis catheter-related bloodstream infectionGiancarlo Scoppettuolo0Concetta Donato1Elena De Carolis2Antonietta Vella3Luisa Vaccaro4Antonio La Greca5Massimo Fantoni6Clinic of Infectious Disease, Catholic University, RomeClinic of Infectious Disease, Catholic University, RomeInstitute of Microbiology, Catholic University, RomeInstitute of Microbiology, Catholic University, RomeInstitute of Microbiology, Catholic University, RomeDepartment of Surgery, Catholic University, RomeClinic of Infectious Disease, Catholic University, RomeCentral venous catheter-related fungemia are increasing in the last years, also due to rare fungi. We report the case of a Candida utilis catheter-related bloodstream infection in a patient with metastatic carcinoma of the bladder and a long term totally implanted venous catheter. The diagnosis was done by paired blood cultures and differential time to positivity. The Candida species was rapidly identified by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry. The patient was successfully treated with anidulafungine.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211753914000499CRBSIFungemiaAntifungal treatmentCentral venous catheter
collection DOAJ
language English
format Article
sources DOAJ
author Giancarlo Scoppettuolo
Concetta Donato
Elena De Carolis
Antonietta Vella
Luisa Vaccaro
Antonio La Greca
Massimo Fantoni
spellingShingle Giancarlo Scoppettuolo
Concetta Donato
Elena De Carolis
Antonietta Vella
Luisa Vaccaro
Antonio La Greca
Massimo Fantoni
Candida utilis catheter-related bloodstream infection
Medical Mycology Case Reports
CRBSI
Fungemia
Antifungal treatment
Central venous catheter
author_facet Giancarlo Scoppettuolo
Concetta Donato
Elena De Carolis
Antonietta Vella
Luisa Vaccaro
Antonio La Greca
Massimo Fantoni
author_sort Giancarlo Scoppettuolo
title Candida utilis catheter-related bloodstream infection
title_short Candida utilis catheter-related bloodstream infection
title_full Candida utilis catheter-related bloodstream infection
title_fullStr Candida utilis catheter-related bloodstream infection
title_full_unstemmed Candida utilis catheter-related bloodstream infection
title_sort candida utilis catheter-related bloodstream infection
publisher Elsevier
series Medical Mycology Case Reports
issn 2211-7539
publishDate 2014-10-01
description Central venous catheter-related fungemia are increasing in the last years, also due to rare fungi. We report the case of a Candida utilis catheter-related bloodstream infection in a patient with metastatic carcinoma of the bladder and a long term totally implanted venous catheter. The diagnosis was done by paired blood cultures and differential time to positivity. The Candida species was rapidly identified by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry. The patient was successfully treated with anidulafungine.
topic CRBSI
Fungemia
Antifungal treatment
Central venous catheter
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211753914000499
work_keys_str_mv AT giancarloscoppettuolo candidautiliscatheterrelatedbloodstreaminfection
AT concettadonato candidautiliscatheterrelatedbloodstreaminfection
AT elenadecarolis candidautiliscatheterrelatedbloodstreaminfection
AT antoniettavella candidautiliscatheterrelatedbloodstreaminfection
AT luisavaccaro candidautiliscatheterrelatedbloodstreaminfection
AT antoniolagreca candidautiliscatheterrelatedbloodstreaminfection
AT massimofantoni candidautiliscatheterrelatedbloodstreaminfection
_version_ 1724624417118486528

Similar Items