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
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Adolescent
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Amphotericin B / therapeutic use
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Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
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Caspofungin
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Echinocandins / therapeutic use
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Fungemia / diagnosis*
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Fungemia / microbiology
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Fungemia / pathology*
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Hematologic Neoplasms / complications*
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Humans
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Lipopeptides
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Lung / pathology
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Male
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Microbial Sensitivity Tests
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Microbiological Techniques
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Microscopy
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Radiography, Thoracic
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Saccharomycetales / isolation & purification*
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Treatment Outcome
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Voriconazole / therapeutic use
Substances
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Antifungal Agents
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Echinocandins
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Lipopeptides
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liposomal amphotericin B
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Amphotericin B
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Caspofungin
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Voriconazole