Pseudozyma aphidis fungemia after abdominal surgery: First adult case.
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Date publication
juin 2015
Auteurs
Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr PESSAUX Patrick, Pr MUTTER Didier
Tous les auteurs :
Herb A, Sabou M, Delhorme JB, Pessaux P, Mutter D, Candolfi E, Letscher-Bru V
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Résumé
Pseudozyma aphidis is an environmental Basidiomycete yeast, and has been involved in the ten past years in rare cases of invasive infection. Pseudozyma species are naturally resistant to caspofungin and often present decreased susceptibility or resistance to fluconazole. This fungus may be difficult to recognize and misidentifications are reported with conventional phenotypical methods. We report a case of P. aphidis invasive infection in an adult with a metastatic ampulloma who had gone through digestive surgery.
Référence
Med Mycol Case Rep. 2015 Mar 6;8:37-9