Pseudozyma aphidis bloodstream infection in a patient with aggressive lymphoma and a history of intravenous drug use: Case report and review of the literature

Pseudozyma aphidis is an environmental fungus which causes opportunistic infections in immunocompromised patients. Here we report the case of a 54-year-old, intravenous drug user woman, newly diagnosed to have an aggressive lymphoma, who developed a bloodstream infection caused by P. aphidis treated...

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Autores principales: Maccaro, Angelo, Pascale, Renato, Liberatore, Andrea, Turello, Gabriele, Ambretti, Simone, Viale, Pierluigi, Cricca, Monica
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8207174/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34168955
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2021.05.002
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author Maccaro, Angelo
Pascale, Renato
Liberatore, Andrea
Turello, Gabriele
Ambretti, Simone
Viale, Pierluigi
Cricca, Monica
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Pascale, Renato
Liberatore, Andrea
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description Pseudozyma aphidis is an environmental fungus which causes opportunistic infections in immunocompromised patients. Here we report the case of a 54-year-old, intravenous drug user woman, newly diagnosed to have an aggressive lymphoma, who developed a bloodstream infection caused by P. aphidis treated successfully with amphotericin-B therapy. The precise identification was assessed by sequencing. We propose to consider intravenous drug use as a risk factor for invasive infections due to this environmental yeast.
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spelling pubmed-82071742021-06-23 Pseudozyma aphidis bloodstream infection in a patient with aggressive lymphoma and a history of intravenous drug use: Case report and review of the literature Maccaro, Angelo Pascale, Renato Liberatore, Andrea Turello, Gabriele Ambretti, Simone Viale, Pierluigi Cricca, Monica Med Mycol Case Rep Case Report Pseudozyma aphidis is an environmental fungus which causes opportunistic infections in immunocompromised patients. Here we report the case of a 54-year-old, intravenous drug user woman, newly diagnosed to have an aggressive lymphoma, who developed a bloodstream infection caused by P. aphidis treated successfully with amphotericin-B therapy. The precise identification was assessed by sequencing. We propose to consider intravenous drug use as a risk factor for invasive infections due to this environmental yeast. Elsevier 2021-06-02 /pmc/articles/PMC8207174/ /pubmed/34168955 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2021.05.002 Text en © 2021 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Maccaro, Angelo
Pascale, Renato
Liberatore, Andrea
Turello, Gabriele
Ambretti, Simone
Viale, Pierluigi
Cricca, Monica
Pseudozyma aphidis bloodstream infection in a patient with aggressive lymphoma and a history of intravenous drug use: Case report and review of the literature
title Pseudozyma aphidis bloodstream infection in a patient with aggressive lymphoma and a history of intravenous drug use: Case report and review of the literature
title_full Pseudozyma aphidis bloodstream infection in a patient with aggressive lymphoma and a history of intravenous drug use: Case report and review of the literature
title_fullStr Pseudozyma aphidis bloodstream infection in a patient with aggressive lymphoma and a history of intravenous drug use: Case report and review of the literature
title_full_unstemmed Pseudozyma aphidis bloodstream infection in a patient with aggressive lymphoma and a history of intravenous drug use: Case report and review of the literature
title_short Pseudozyma aphidis bloodstream infection in a patient with aggressive lymphoma and a history of intravenous drug use: Case report and review of the literature
title_sort pseudozyma aphidis bloodstream infection in a patient with aggressive lymphoma and a history of intravenous drug use: case report and review of the literature
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8207174/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34168955
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2021.05.002
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