Fatal fungemia due to Paracoccidioides lutzii

Rosane Christine Hahn; Anderson Messias Rodrigues; Cor Jesus Fernandes Fontes; Andreia Ferreira Nery; Tomoko Tadano; Luiz de Pádua Queiroz Jr; Zoilo Pires de Camargo

doi:10.4269/ajtmh.13-0482

Fatal fungemia due to Paracoccidioides lutzii

Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2014 Aug;91(2):394-8. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0482. Epub 2014 May 12.

Authors

Rosane Christine Hahn¹, Anderson Messias Rodrigues¹, Cor Jesus Fernandes Fontes¹, Andreia Ferreira Nery¹, Tomoko Tadano¹, Luiz de Pádua Queiroz Jr¹, Zoilo Pires de Camargo²

Affiliations

¹ Núcleo de Doenças Infecciosas e Tropicais, Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso (UFMT), Cuiabá, MT, Brazil; Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), Departamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia, Disciplina de Biologia Celular, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
² Núcleo de Doenças Infecciosas e Tropicais, Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso (UFMT), Cuiabá, MT, Brazil; Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), Departamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia, Disciplina de Biologia Celular, São Paulo, SP, Brazil zpcamargo@unifesp.br.

Abstract

We report the first case of fungemia caused by Paracoccidioides lutzii in a 51-year-old male farm worker from the central-west region of Brazil. The fungus was isolated from blood cultures and the species was confirmed by phylogenetic identification. Despite specific treatment and intensive care, the patient died 39 days after admission.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Brazil
Fatal Outcome
Fungemia / diagnosis
Fungemia / microbiology*
Fungemia / pathology
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Paracoccidioides / classification
Paracoccidioides / genetics*
Paracoccidioides / pathogenicity
Paracoccidioidomycosis / diagnosis
Paracoccidioidomycosis / microbiology*
Paracoccidioidomycosis / pathology
Phylogeny