Pleural empyema due to Rhodotorula mucilaginosa: A rare yet severe complication of a previously undiagnosed cancer patient

Abstract

Rhodotorula mucilaginosa (R. mucilaginosa) has been increasingly recognized as an emerging opportunistic pathogen causing invasive fungal infection, mainly in immunosuppressed patients. We report the case of a previously undiagnosed lung cancer patient with a pleural empyema due to R. mucilaginosa.

Keywords

• Rhodotorula mucilaginosa
• Invasive fungal infection
• Pleural empyema
• Cancer patient
• MALDI-TOF MS
• Amphotericin B