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

Braz J Microbiol. 2015 Jun 1;46(2):527-30. doi: 10.1590/S1517-838246220120447. eCollection 2015 Jun.

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Geotrichum capitatum; Saprochaete capitata; antifungal susceptibility; hematological malignancies; invasive infection.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Amphotericin B / therapeutic use
  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
  • Caspofungin
  • Echinocandins / therapeutic use
  • Fungemia / diagnosis*
  • Fungemia / microbiology
  • Fungemia / pathology*
  • Hematologic Neoplasms / complications*
  • Humans
  • Lipopeptides
  • Lung / pathology
  • Male
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Microbiological Techniques
  • Microscopy
  • Radiography, Thoracic
  • Saccharomycetales / isolation & purification*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Voriconazole / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Echinocandins
  • Lipopeptides
  • liposomal amphotericin B
  • Amphotericin B
  • Caspofungin
  • Voriconazole