A case of breakthrough Candida parapsilosis fungemia during micafungin therapy for a Candida glabrata bloodstream infection

We describe a case of breakthrough Candida parapsilosis fungemia in an 80-year-old woman with pyoderma gangrenosum and rheumatoid arthritis. C. parapsilosis was detected in blood culture while the patient was treated with micafungin for a Candida glabrata bloodstream infection. The breakthrough infe...

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Autores principales: Norimatsu, Yuta, Morii, Daiichi, Kogure, Asako, Hamanaka, Taeko, Kuwano, Yoshihiro, Yokozawa, Takayuki, Oda, Toshimi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5369859/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28377868
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2017.03.002
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Sumario:We describe a case of breakthrough Candida parapsilosis fungemia in an 80-year-old woman with pyoderma gangrenosum and rheumatoid arthritis. C. parapsilosis was detected in blood culture while the patient was treated with micafungin for a Candida glabrata bloodstream infection. The breakthrough infection was successfully treated with liposomal amphotericin B.

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