Trichosporon asahii Infection in an Extremely Preterm Infant in China

Trichosporon asahii is an uncommon cause of fungal sepsis among neonates, but it is an important life-threatening opportunistic systemic pathogen. We report a case of T. asahii sepsis in a 980-g female baby born at 27 weeks of gestation. The extremely preterm initially presented with recurrent feedi...

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Autores principales: Wang, Na, Tang, Jing-yi, Wang, Zi, Wang, Liu-yao, Song, Tian-tian, Li, Bei-bei, Wang, Lin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove 2022
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9642103/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36386411
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IDR.S385086
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Sumario:Trichosporon asahii is an uncommon cause of fungal sepsis among neonates, but it is an important life-threatening opportunistic systemic pathogen. We report a case of T. asahii sepsis in a 980-g female baby born at 27 weeks of gestation. The extremely preterm initially presented with recurrent feeding intolerance and bloating; she subsequently developed oxygen saturation fluctuations, apnea, and a decreased heart rate. Blood culture was positive, and the causative agent was identified as T. asahii by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS). According to reported minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) values, the infant received a high dose of fluconazole (FLC, 12 mg/kg, qod) and was successfully treated.

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