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Successful treatment with voriconazole of prolonged Paecilomyces lilacinus fungemia in a chronic hemodialyzed patient

Last updated on 23-8-2019 by Anonymous (not verified)
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Authors

Labriola,L.; Vandercam,B.; Swinne,D.; Jadoul,M.

Keywords

  1. 0
  2. adverse effects
  3. Agent
  4. Agents
  5. Antifungal Agents
  6. article
  7. Belgium
  8. blood
  9. Brussels
  10. Case
  11. case reports
  12. Catheter-Related Infections
  13. Catheters,Indwelling
  14. cause
  15. chronic
  16. culture
  17. de
  18. drug therapy
  19. Female
  20. Fungemia
  21. Human
  22. Humans
  23. im
  24. INFECTION
  25. IS
  26. isolation & purification
  27. journal
  28. Literature
  29. microbiology
  30. ON
  31. Paecilomyces
  32. Patient
  33. Print
  34. Pyrimidines
  35. Renal Dialysis
  36. report
  37. reports
  38. SB - IM
  39. successful
  40. therapeutic use
  41. treatment
  42. triazoles

Abstract:

Paecilomyces lilacinus is a saprophytic mould which rarely causes infection in humans. We report a case of Paecilomyces lilacinus catheter-related fungemia in a chronic hemodialyzed patient. Blood cultures remained positive for 8 weeks. The infection was cured after eventual acceptance by the patient of oral voriconazole treatment for 6 weeks and removal of the tunneled catheter. The literature on Paecilomyces fungemia in humans is reviewed
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