Central venous catheter-related bloodstream infection and Cryptococcus neoformans

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 quest...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Brazilian journal of infectious diseases 2009-08, Vol.13 (4), p.317-318
Hauptverfasser:	Tuon, Felipe F, Morales, Hugo M P, Penteado-Filho, Sergio R, da-Silva, Margarete M, Quadros, Isabel de, El Hamoui, Amina
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Amphotericin B - therapeutic use Antifungal Agents - therapeutic use Catheter-Related Infections - diagnosis Catheter-Related Infections - drug therapy Catheter-Related Infections - microbiology Catheterization, Central Venous - adverse effects central venous catheter Cryptococcosis - diagnosis Cryptococcosis - drug therapy Cryptococcosis - microbiology Cryptococcus neoformans Cryptococcus neoformans - isolation & purification Fatal Outcome Female fungemia Fungemia - diagnosis Fungemia - drug therapy Fungemia - microbiology Humans INFECTIOUS DISEASES Kidney Failure, Chronic - therapy Middle Aged Renal Dialysis - adverse effects
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Zusammenfassung:	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.
ISSN:	1413-8670 1678-4391 1678-4391 1413-8670
DOI:	10.1590/s1413-86702009000400016