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Published on: March 22, 2024
Candida utilis catheter-related bloodstream infection
Giancarlo Scoppettuolo1, Concetta Donato1, Elena De Carolis2
1Clinic of Infectious Disease, Catholic University, Rome.
Abstract:
Central venous catheter-related fungemia are increasing in the last years, also due to rare fungi. We report the case of a Candida utilis catheter-related bloodstream infection in a patient with metastatic carcinoma of the bladder and a long term totally implanted venous catheter. The diagnosis was done by paired blood cultures and differential time to positivity. The Candida species was rapidly identified by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry. The patient was successfully treated with anidulafungine.
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