Cryptococcus laurentii fungaemia in a cervical cancer patient

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• 作者：Rejane Pereira Neves^a ; Reginaldo Gonç ; alves de Lima Neto^b ; Melyna Chaves Leite^a ; Vanessa Karina Alves da Silva^a ; Franz de Assis Graciano dos Santos^a ; Danielle Patrí ; cia Cerqueira Macê ; do^c ; ^{daniellemacedo28@gmail.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author}
• 关键词：Cryptococcus laurentii ; Fungaemia ; Cancer
• 刊名：The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：November-December 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：19
• 期：6
• 页码：660-663
• 全文大小：693 K

文摘

Infections caused by emerging Cryptococcus non-neoformans species are being reported with increasingly frequency. Here, we present a case of fungaemia by Cryptococcus laurentii in a woman receiving aggressive immunosuppressive therapy for cervical neoplasia. Three venous blood samples were aseptically collected on consecutive days and C. laurentii was isolated and identified through phenotypic and molecular methods. After central venous catheter removal and appropriate antifungal therapy, the patient showed significant improvement and blood culture became negative. Thus, patients following immunosuppressive therapies and using invasive medical devices are at risk of C. laurentii blood infections.