Successful therapy of Candida pulcherrima fungemia in a premature newborn with liposomal amphotericin B and micafungin

New Candida species may cause bloodstream infections challenging current therapeutic approaches because of unpredictable susceptibility and virulence. In the present report, we describe a fungemia case due to Candida pulcherrima in a premature neonate. After full in vitro diagnostic workup, the neon...

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Autores principales: Mpakosi, Alexandra, Siopi, Maria, Falaina, Vasiliki, Siafakas, Nikolaos, Roilides, Emmanuel, Kimouli, Maria, Theodoraki, Martha, Karle, Paraskevi, Meletiadis, Joseph
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5018202/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27642562
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2016.08.002
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Sumario:New Candida species may cause bloodstream infections challenging current therapeutic approaches because of unpredictable susceptibility and virulence. In the present report, we describe a fungemia case due to Candida pulcherrima in a premature neonate. After full in vitro diagnostic workup, the neonate was successfully treated with liposomal amphotericin B and micafungin achieving rapid fungal eradication from blood.

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