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Micafungin Is an Efficient Treatment of Multi Drug-Resistant Candida glabrata Urosepsis: A Case Report
Candiduria is a common nosocomial infection in hospitalized patients, which may progress into life-threatening candidemia. Successful treatment of urosepsis requires early and effective antifungal therapy, while the available agents within three pharmacological classes each have characteristic pharm...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8538929/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34682222 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jof7100800 |
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author | Javorova Rihova, Zuzana Slobodova, Lubica Hrabovska, Anna |
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description | Candiduria is a common nosocomial infection in hospitalized patients, which may progress into life-threatening candidemia. Successful treatment of urosepsis requires early and effective antifungal therapy, while the available agents within three pharmacological classes each have characteristic pharmacokinetics and side effect profiles. Moreover, treatment of Candida spp. infections is becoming challenging due to increasing multi drug-resistance. Here, we present a case of candidemia resulting from a multi drug-resistant C. glabrata infection of the urinary tract. Due to resistance to fluconazole and a contraindication for amphotericin B, micafungin was used in the treatment, regardless of its unfavorable pharmacokinetic properties. Our study showed that despite the expected low levels in the urinary tract, micafungin was successful in the eradication of C. glabrata allowing full recovery of the patient. Thus, micafungin should be considered in the management of urosepsis caused by sensitive Candida spp. |
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spelling | pubmed-85389292021-10-24 Micafungin Is an Efficient Treatment of Multi Drug-Resistant Candida glabrata Urosepsis: A Case Report Javorova Rihova, Zuzana Slobodova, Lubica Hrabovska, Anna J Fungi (Basel) Case Report Candiduria is a common nosocomial infection in hospitalized patients, which may progress into life-threatening candidemia. Successful treatment of urosepsis requires early and effective antifungal therapy, while the available agents within three pharmacological classes each have characteristic pharmacokinetics and side effect profiles. Moreover, treatment of Candida spp. infections is becoming challenging due to increasing multi drug-resistance. Here, we present a case of candidemia resulting from a multi drug-resistant C. glabrata infection of the urinary tract. Due to resistance to fluconazole and a contraindication for amphotericin B, micafungin was used in the treatment, regardless of its unfavorable pharmacokinetic properties. Our study showed that despite the expected low levels in the urinary tract, micafungin was successful in the eradication of C. glabrata allowing full recovery of the patient. Thus, micafungin should be considered in the management of urosepsis caused by sensitive Candida spp. MDPI 2021-09-24 /pmc/articles/PMC8538929/ /pubmed/34682222 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jof7100800 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Case Report Javorova Rihova, Zuzana Slobodova, Lubica Hrabovska, Anna Micafungin Is an Efficient Treatment of Multi Drug-Resistant Candida glabrata Urosepsis: A Case Report |
title | Micafungin Is an Efficient Treatment of Multi Drug-Resistant Candida glabrata Urosepsis: A Case Report |
title_full | Micafungin Is an Efficient Treatment of Multi Drug-Resistant Candida glabrata Urosepsis: A Case Report |
title_fullStr | Micafungin Is an Efficient Treatment of Multi Drug-Resistant Candida glabrata Urosepsis: A Case Report |
title_full_unstemmed | Micafungin Is an Efficient Treatment of Multi Drug-Resistant Candida glabrata Urosepsis: A Case Report |
title_short | Micafungin Is an Efficient Treatment of Multi Drug-Resistant Candida glabrata Urosepsis: A Case Report |
title_sort | micafungin is an efficient treatment of multi drug-resistant candida glabrata urosepsis: a case report |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8538929/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34682222 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jof7100800 |
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