Cryptococcus laurentii fungaemia in a cervical cancer patient

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Neves, Rejane Pereira¹  Santos, Franz de Assis Graciano dos¹  Leite, Melyna Chaves¹  Macêdo, Danielle Patrícia Cerqueira¹  Silva, Vanessa Karina Alves da¹  Lima Neto, Reginaldo Gonçalves de¹ 

[1] Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil

关键词: Cryptococcus laurentii;    Fungaemia;    Cancer;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.bjid.2015.06.014

来源: Contexto

【 摘 要 】

Infections caused by emerging Cryptococcus non-neoformans species are being reported with increasingly frequency. Here, we present a case of fungaemia byCryptococcus laurentii in a woman receiving aggressive immunosuppressive therapy for cervical neoplasia. Three venous blood samples were aseptically collected on consecutive days and C. laurentiiwas isolated and identified through phenotypic and molecular methods. After central venous catheter removal and appropriate antifungal therapy, the patient showed significant improvement and blood culture became negative. Thus, patients following immunosuppressive therapies and using invasive medical devices are at risk of C. laurentii blood infections.

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