Fungaemia caused by Fusarium proliferatum in a patient without definite immunodeficiency.

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Serval ID
serval:BIB_7657095C5C85
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Collection
Publications
Title
Fungaemia caused by Fusarium proliferatum in a patient without definite immunodeficiency.
Journal
Mycopathologia
Author(s)
Dananché C., Cassier P., Sautour M., Gautheron N., Wegrzyn J., Perraud M., Bienvenu A.L., Nicolle M.C., Boibieux A., Vanhems P.
ISSN
1573-0832 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
0301-486X
Publication state
Published
Issued date
02/2015
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
179
Number
1-2
Pages
135-140
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Case Reports ; Journal Article
Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
Recent literature has shown the growing importance of opportunistic fungal infections due to Fusarium spp. However, disseminated fusariosis remains rare in patients without neutropenia. We report a case of fungaemia in a 78-year-old French woman without definite immunodeficiency. Fusarium proliferatum grew from both central and peripheral blood cultures. Fever was the only clinical sign of the infection. An appropriate antifungal therapy with voriconazole led to the recovery of the patient. An environmental investigation was undertaken but failed to find a reservoir of Fusarium spores. A contaminated central venous catheter might have been the source of fungaemia.
Keywords
Aged, Antifungal Agents/therapeutic use, Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip/adverse effects, Catheter-Related Infections/diagnosis, Catheter-Related Infections/drug therapy, Catheter-Related Infections/microbiology, Central Venous Catheters/microbiology, Female, France, Fusariosis/diagnosis, Fusariosis/drug therapy, Fusariosis/microbiology, Fusarium/drug effects, Humans, Microbial Sensitivity Tests, Opportunistic Infections/diagnosis, Opportunistic Infections/drug therapy, Opportunistic Infections/microbiology, Voriconazole/therapeutic use
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Web of science
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