Catheter-associated fungemia caused by Fusarium chlamydosporum in a patient with lymphocytic lymphoma

Catheter-related fungemia caused by Candida dubliniensis.

Infections caused by Candida dubliniensis in humans are rare and have never been reported in Taiwan. We report two cancer patients with catheter-related fungemia due to C. dubliniensis infection in Taiwan. The two isolates were confirmed to the species level using an oligonucleotide array system and sequence analysis, and both showed high in vitro susceptibilities to nine antifungal agents. The...

Catheter-related fungemia caused by Saccharomyces cerevisiae in a newborn.

A rare case of septic pulmonary embolism caused by infection-associated catheter removal in a patient with Hodgkin's lymphoma.

As a reflection of the considerable increase in the number of cancer patients treated with chemotherapy, indications for the use of implanted venous catheters are rapidly growing. However, in some cases, implanted venous catheters induce unwelcome complications. We herein report a rare case of septic pulmonary embolism (SPE) caused by local infection-associated catheter removal during the admin...

Invasive infection with Fusarium chlamydosporum in a patient with aplastic anemia.

We report the first case of invasive disease caused by Fusarium chlamydosporum. The patient had aplastic anemia with prolonged neutropenia and was treated with immunosuppressive therapy. While she was receiving empirical amphotericin B, a dark crusted lesion developed on her nasal turbinate. Histologic analysis revealed invasive hyaline hyphae and some darkly pigmented structures that resembled...

Fungemia due to Fusarium sacchari in an immunosuppressed patient.

The fungus Fusarium sacchari was isolated repeatedly from the blood of an immunosuppressed host. The infection was treated successfully with a small dose of amphotericin B. The strain was resistant to this antifungal in vitro. MICs and minimum fungicidal concentrations of six antifungals for the clinical isolate are provided. To our knowledge, this is the first report involving this fungus in a...