Central line associated blood stream infection (CLABSI) due to Exophiala dermatitidis in an adult patient: Case report and review

Exophiala dermatitidis is a dematiaceous fungus with yeast-like and hyphal growth states that may cause cutaneous and visceral infections. Recently, E. dermatitidis has been linked to central line associated blood stream infection (CLABSI), probably due to its ability to produce extracellular polysa...

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Autores principales: Vila, Andrea, Jahan, Cintia, Rivero, Cynthia, Amadio, Claudio, Ampuero, Adela, Pagella, Hugo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6429541/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30949426
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2019.03.001
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Sumario:Exophiala dermatitidis is a dematiaceous fungus with yeast-like and hyphal growth states that may cause cutaneous and visceral infections. Recently, E. dermatitidis has been linked to central line associated blood stream infection (CLABSI), probably due to its ability to produce extracellular polysaccharides and grow as biofilm. We describe an E. dermatitidis CLASBI. The strain was identified by morphological and molecular methods. E. dermatitidis CLASBI is highly uncommon, but seems to be increasing.

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