Candida utilis catheter-related bloodstream infection

Giancarlo Scoppettuolo; Concetta Donato; Elena De Carolis; Antonietta Vella; Luisa Vaccaro; Antonio La Greca; Massimo Fantoni

doi:10.1016/j.mmcr.2014.10.003

Candida utilis catheter-related bloodstream infection

Med Mycol Case Rep. 2014 Nov 4:6:70-2. doi: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2014.10.003. eCollection 2014 Oct.

Authors

Giancarlo Scoppettuolo¹, Concetta Donato¹, Elena De Carolis², Antonietta Vella², Luisa Vaccaro², Antonio La Greca³, Massimo Fantoni¹

Affiliations

¹ Clinic of Infectious Disease, Catholic University, Rome.
² Institute of Microbiology, Catholic University, Rome.
³ Department of Surgery, Catholic University, Rome.

Abstract

Central venous catheter-related fungemia are increasing in the last years, also due to rare fungi. We report the case of a Candida utilis catheter-related bloodstream infection in a patient with metastatic carcinoma of the bladder and a long term totally implanted venous catheter. The diagnosis was done by paired blood cultures and differential time to positivity. The Candida species was rapidly identified by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry. The patient was successfully treated with anidulafungine.

Keywords: Antifungal treatment; CRBSI; Central venous catheter; Fungemia.