Successful Treatment of Catheter Related Blood Stream Infection By Millerozyma farinosa with Micafungin: A Case Report
Infection and Chemotherapy
;
: 362-366, 2018.
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in English
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| ID: wpr-722308
ABSTRACT
Millerozyma farinosa (formerly Pichia farinosa) is halotolerant yeast mainly found in food and ubiquitous in the environment. It was a rare yeast pathogen, but it has recently emerged as a cause of fungemia in immunocompromised patients. Optimal therapy for invasive fungal infection by this pathogen remains unclear. We report a case of catheter related blood stream infection caused by M. farinosa in a 71-year-old patient who recovered successfully after removal of the central venous catheter and treatment with micafungin.
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Main subject:
Pichia
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Yeasts
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Immunocompromised Host
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Fungemia
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Rivers
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Catheter-Related Infections
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Catheters
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Central Venous Catheters
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Aged
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Infection and Chemotherapy
Year:
2018
Type:
Article
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