Invasive infection due to Saprochaete capitata in a young patient with hematological malignancies

Brazilian Journal of Microbiology

Ana Maria Rabelo De Carvalho Parahym¹  Pedro José Rolim Neto¹  Carolina Maria Da Silva¹  Igor De Farias Domingos¹  Sarah Santos Gonçalves¹  Edinalva Pereira Leite¹  Vera Lúcia Lins De Morais¹  Danielle Patrícia Cerqueira Macêdo¹  Reginaldo Gonçalves De Lima Neto¹  Rejane Pereira Neves¹ 

关键词: invasive infection;    Saprochaete capitata;    Geotrichum capitatum;    hematological malignancies;    antifungal susceptibility;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1517-838246220120447

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

We report a case of invasive infection due to Saprochaete capitata in a patient with hematological malignancies after chemotherapy treatment and empiric antifungal therapy with caspofungin. Although severely immunocompromised the patient survived been treated with amphotericin B lipid complex associated with voriconazole.

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