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Case report: Candida blankii osteo-articular infection in a patient with Chronic Granulomatous Disease
Estelle Sabourin1, Clémentine De La Porte des Vaux2, Nathanaël Veluppillai2
1Université Paris Cité, Faculté de Médecine, APHP, Hôpital Necker Enfants-Malades, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Unité de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Service de Microbiologie, 149 rue de Sèvres, 75015, Paris, France.
Abstract:
Candida blankii is a recently reported yeast causing rare cases of fungemia. This species presents high minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) to fluconazole and echinocandins. We report an atypical C. blankii metacarpophalangeal osteo-articular infection in a patient with Chronic Granulomatous Disease. The patient was initially treated by a combination of voriconazole and 5-fluorocytosine (5-FC). However, the treatment was subsequently changed to posaconazole and then to a combination of caspofungin and 5-FC. 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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