Breakthrough Trichosporon asahii fungemia in neutropenic patient with acute leukemia while receiving caspofungin.

A 47-year-old man with newly diagnosed acute myeloblastic leukemia and non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus developed Trichosporon asahii fungemia while receiving caspofungin as empirical antifungal therapy. The diagnosis was based on repeated isolation of T. asahii in culture of blood for three...

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Publicado en:Infection Vol. 36; no. 1; pp. 68 - 71
Autores principales: Bayramoglu G, Sonmez M, Tosun I, Aydin K, Aydin F
Formato: case study pictorial Journal Article
Publicado: Springer Nature Feb2008
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          Bayramoglu G
          Sonmez M
          Tosun I
          Aydin K
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        affil: Dept. of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology, Karadeniz Technical University, School of Medicine, 6180 Trabzon, Turkey; gulcinbay@hotmail.com.
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          Antifungal Agents Therapeutic Use
          Leukemia Drug Therapy
          Mycoses Classification
          Neutropenia
          Amphotericin B
          Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
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      ab: A 47-year-old man with newly diagnosed acute myeloblastic leukemia and non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus developed Trichosporon asahii fungemia while receiving caspofungin as empirical antifungal therapy. The diagnosis was based on repeated isolation of T. asahii in culture of blood for three times. Despite treatment with amphotericin B and voriconazole, the patient died. The in vitro antifungal susceptibilities of the T. asahii isolates were only available after the patient died. In vitro antifungal susceptibility tests showed high caspofungin and amphotericin B minimal inhibitory concentrations (MICs) value for this Trichosporon strain (MICs, 16 mug/ml, and > 32 mug/ml, respectively). Fluconazole, itraconazole, and voriconazole exhibited low MICs in vitro (MICs, 4 mug/ml, 0.5 mug/ml, and </= 0.015 mug/ml, respectively). Our experience strongly suggest that identification and antifungal susceptibility testing for T. asahii in neutropenic patients who may develop signs of infection in the presence of caspofungin as well as broadspectrum antibiotics treatment should not be overlooked.
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