Invasive infection due to Saprochaete capitata in a young patient with hematological malignancies

被引：9
作者：
Rabelo de Carvalho Parahym, Ana Maria [1 ]
Rolim Neto, Pedro Jose [2 ]
da Silva, Carolina Maria [1 ]
Domingos, Igor de Farias [1 ]
Goncalves, Sarah Santos [3 ]
Leite, Edinalva Pereira [4 ]
Lins de Morais, Vera Lucia [4 ]
Cerqueira Macedo, Danielle Patricia [2 ]
de Lima Neto, Reginaldo Goncalves [1 ]
Neves, Rejane Pereira [1 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Fed Pernambuco, Ctr Ciencias Biol, Dept Micol, BR-50670420 Recife, PE, Brazil
[2] Univ Fed Pernambuco, Ctr Ciencias Saude, Dept Ciencias Farmaceut, BR-50670420 Recife, PE, Brazil
[3] Lab Micol Especial, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
[4] Hosp Univ Inst Oswaldo Cruz, Ctr Oncol, Recife, PE, Brazil
来源：
BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY | 2015年 / 46卷 / 02期
关键词：
invasive infection; Saprochaete capitata; Geotrichum capitatum; hematological malignancies; antifungal susceptibility; GEOTRICHUM-CAPITATUM;
D O I：
10.1590/S1517-838246220120447
中图分类号：
Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号：
071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要：
We report a case of invasive infection due to Saprochaete capitata in a patient with hematological malignancies after chemotherapy treatment and empiric antifungal therapy with caspofungin. Although severely immunocompromised the patient survived been treated with amphotericin B lipid complex associated with voriconazole.
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