Candida utilis catheter-related bloodstream infection

Giancarlo Scoppettuolo; Concetta Donato; Elena De Carolis; Antonietta Vella; Luisa Vaccaro; Antonio La Greca; Massimo Fantoni

doi:10.1016/j.mmcr.2014.10.003

Medical Mycology Case Reports (Oct 2014)

Candida utilis catheter-related bloodstream infection

Giancarlo Scoppettuolo,
Concetta Donato,
Elena De Carolis,
Antonietta Vella,
Luisa Vaccaro,
Antonio La Greca,
Massimo Fantoni

Affiliations

Giancarlo Scoppettuolo: Clinic of Infectious Disease, Catholic University, Rome
Concetta Donato: Clinic of Infectious Disease, Catholic University, Rome
Elena De Carolis: Institute of Microbiology, Catholic University, Rome
Antonietta Vella: Institute of Microbiology, Catholic University, Rome
Luisa Vaccaro: Institute of Microbiology, Catholic University, Rome
Antonio La Greca: Department of Surgery, Catholic University, Rome
Massimo Fantoni: Clinic of Infectious Disease, Catholic University, Rome

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2014.10.003
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 6, no. C
pp. 70 – 72

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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.

Published in Medical Mycology Case Reports

ISSN: 2211-7539 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General); Science: Biology (General)
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/medical-mycology-case-reports/

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