Emergence of Blastoschizomyces capitatus yeast infections, Central Europe

Emerg Infect Dis. 2012 Jan;18(1):98-101. doi: 10.3201/eid1801.111192.

Abstract

We report 5 cases of disseminated infection caused by Blastoschizomyces capitatus yeast in central Switzerland. The emergence of this yeast in an area in which it is not known to be endemic should alert clinicians caring for immunocompromised patients outside the Mediterranean region to consider infections caused by unfamiliar fungal pathogens.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
  • Ascomycota / isolation & purification*
  • Communicable Diseases, Emerging / drug therapy
  • Communicable Diseases, Emerging / epidemiology*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunocompromised Host
  • Male
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Middle Aged
  • Mycoses / drug therapy
  • Mycoses / epidemiology*
  • Mycoses / microbiology*
  • Switzerland / epidemiology

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents