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Central venous catheter-related bloodstream infection and Cryptococcus neoformans

Tuon, Felipe F; Morales, Hugo M. P; Penteado-Filho, Sergio R; da-Silva, Margarete M; Quadros, Isabel de; El Hamoui, Amina.

Braz. j. infect. dis ; 13(4): 317-318, Aug. 2009.

Article in English | LILACS | ID: lil-539772

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This is the first case reported of central venous catheter-related fungemia due to C. neoformans. A patient with chronic renal failure developed a fungemia during the treatment of a dialysis-associated bacteremia. Cryptococcus neoformans grew in the catheter tip and blood culture. We addressed questions about this catheter-related fungemia.

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Female , Humans , Middle Aged , Catheter-Related Infections/microbiology , Catheterization, Central Venous/adverse effects , Cryptococcosis/microbiology , Cryptococcus neoformans/isolation & purification , Fungemia/microbiology , Amphotericin B/therapeutic use , Antifungal Agents/therapeutic use , Catheter-Related Infections/diagnosis , Catheter-Related Infections/drug therapy , Cryptococcosis/diagnosis , Cryptococcosis/drug therapy , Fatal Outcome , Fungemia/diagnosis , Fungemia/drug therapy , Kidney Failure, Chronic/therapy , Renal Dialysis/adverse effects

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