Case report: Catheter related blood stream infection caused by Candida vulturna

Anusia Muthusamy; Mohan Rao; Arunaloke Chakrabarti; Rukumani Devi Velayuthan

doi:10.1016/j.mmcr.2022.04.001

Case report: Catheter related blood stream infection caused by Candida vulturna

Med Mycol Case Rep. 2022 Apr 16:36:27-30. doi: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2022.04.001. eCollection 2022 Jun.

Authors

Anusia Muthusamy¹, Mohan Rao¹, Arunaloke Chakrabarti², Rukumani Devi Velayuthan¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
² Department of Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.

Abstract

Candida vulturna is a newly emerging candida species belong to Candida haemulonii species complex of Metschnikowiaceae family. Numerous clinical samples have been reported to isolate C. vulturna since discovery. We report a case of catheter related blood stream infection in which C. vulturna was isolated from blood in patient after prolong antibiotic therapy for recurrent infection of retroperitoneal cyst. The blood isolate was identified to species level by molecular assay targeting D1/D2 regions of 26s rDNA gene. The patient improved with administration of intravenous micafungin despite lack of antifungal susceptibility breakpoints.

Keywords: Candida haemulonii species complex; Candida spp.; Candida vulturna; Catheter-related blood stream infection; Fungemia; Prolonged antibiotic therapy.

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Case Reports