Cryptococcus laurentii fungaemia in a cervical cancer patient

• Autor(a) principal: Neves,Rejane Pereira
• Data de Publicação: 2015
• Outros Autores: Lima Neto,Reginaldo Gonçalves de, Leite,Melyna Chaves, Silva,Vanessa Karina Alves da, Santos,Franz de Assis Graciano dos, Macêdo,Danielle Patrícia Cerqueira
• Tipo de documento: Relatório
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702015000600660
• topic: Cryptococcus laurentii; Fungaemia; Cancer

ABSTRACT Infections caused by emerging Cryptococcus non-neoformans species are being reported with increasingly frequency. Here, we present a case of fungaemia byCryptococcus laurentii in a woman receiving aggressive immunosuppressive therapy for cervical neoplasia. Three venous blood samples were aseptically collected on consecutive days and C. laurentiiwas 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.