Abstract

We present a case report of a fungal bloodstream infection due to an unusual pathogen. This is a 30 years-old female patient diagnosed with Crohn’s disease and a disseminated Mycobacterium bovis infection subsequently complicated by fungemia due to the emergent yeast pathogen Candida ciferrii, who was unresponsive to fluconazole and made a full recovery after treatment with posaconazole. To our knowledge, this is the first report of Candida ciferrii isolation from blood in an adult associated to a central venous catheter and which was successfully treated with posaconazole.

Details

Title
An unusual case of Candida ciferrii fungemia in an immunocompromised patient with Crohn’s and Mycobacterium bovis disease
Author
Villanueva-Lozano, Hiram; Rogelio de J. Treviño-Rangel; Hernández-Balboa, Cristina L; González, Gloria M; Martínez-Reséndez, Michel F
Pages
1156-1158
Section
Case Reports
Publication year
2016
Publication date
Oct 2016
Publisher
Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
ISSN
20366590
e-ISSN
19722680
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2560121183
Copyright
© 2016. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.