Saccharomyces boulardii fungaemia in an intensive care unit patient treated with caspofungin

We describe a case of Saccharomyces boulardii fugaemia in a critically ill patient with septic shock treated with a probiotic agent containing this yeast. We attributed this fugaemia to gut translocation. Our use of caspofugin yielded excellent results.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Lolis, Nikolaos, Veldekis, Dimitrios, Moraitou, Hellen, Kanavaki, Sofia, Velegraki, Aristea, Triandafyllidis, Charis, Tasioudis, Chronis, Pefanis, Angellos, Pneumatikos, Ioannis
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
Materias:
Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2447580/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18423057
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc6843

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2447580/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18423057
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc6843

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