TY - JOUR
T1 - Candida utilis catheter-related bloodstream infection
AU - Scoppettuolo, Giancarlo
AU - Donato, Concetta
AU - De Carolis, Elena
AU - Vella, Antonietta
AU - Vaccaro, Luisa
AU - La Greca, Antonio
AU - Fantoni, Massimo
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Antifungal treatment
KW - CRBSI
KW - Central venous catheter
KW - Fungemia
KW - Antifungal treatment
KW - CRBSI
KW - Central venous catheter
KW - Fungemia
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U2 - 10.1016/j.mmcr.2014.10.003
DO - 10.1016/j.mmcr.2014.10.003
M3 - Article
SN - 2211-7539
VL - 6
SP - 70
EP - 72
JO - Medical Mycology Case Reports
JF - Medical Mycology Case Reports
IS - Novembre
ER -