Invasive Malassezia pachydermatis Infection in an 8-Year-Old Child on Lipid Parenteral Nutrition

Invasive disease due to Malassezia pachydermatis infection is uncommon but increasingly recognized in children, especially neonates on parenteral nutrition or immunocompromised children. We describe a case of Malassezia pachydermatis fungemia in a demographically distinct patient and discuss the wor...

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Autores principales: Teoh, Zheyi, Mortensen, Joel, Schaffzin, Joshua K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8794696/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35096432
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/8636582
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description Invasive disease due to Malassezia pachydermatis infection is uncommon but increasingly recognized in children, especially neonates on parenteral nutrition or immunocompromised children. We describe a case of Malassezia pachydermatis fungemia in a demographically distinct patient and discuss the workup and current strategies for managing this infection in the setting of a central venous catheter.
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spelling pubmed-87946962022-01-28 Invasive Malassezia pachydermatis Infection in an 8-Year-Old Child on Lipid Parenteral Nutrition Teoh, Zheyi Mortensen, Joel Schaffzin, Joshua K. Case Rep Infect Dis Case Report Invasive disease due to Malassezia pachydermatis infection is uncommon but increasingly recognized in children, especially neonates on parenteral nutrition or immunocompromised children. We describe a case of Malassezia pachydermatis fungemia in a demographically distinct patient and discuss the workup and current strategies for managing this infection in the setting of a central venous catheter. Hindawi 2022-01-20 /pmc/articles/PMC8794696/ /pubmed/35096432 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/8636582 Text en Copyright © 2022 Zheyi Teoh et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title Invasive Malassezia pachydermatis Infection in an 8-Year-Old Child on Lipid Parenteral Nutrition
title_full Invasive Malassezia pachydermatis Infection in an 8-Year-Old Child on Lipid Parenteral Nutrition
title_fullStr Invasive Malassezia pachydermatis Infection in an 8-Year-Old Child on Lipid Parenteral Nutrition
title_full_unstemmed Invasive Malassezia pachydermatis Infection in an 8-Year-Old Child on Lipid Parenteral Nutrition
title_short Invasive Malassezia pachydermatis Infection in an 8-Year-Old Child on Lipid Parenteral Nutrition
title_sort invasive malassezia pachydermatis infection in an 8-year-old child on lipid parenteral nutrition
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8794696/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35096432
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/8636582
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