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Disseminated Geotrichum infection
1Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur.
The Medical Journal of Malaysia
|December 1, 1994
Abstract:
Intensive chemotherapy has prolonged survival in cancer patients. Unfortunately it has also predisposed them to unusual infections because of their immunocompromised state. We report a case of fungal septicaemia caused by Geotrichum candidum, an imperfect yeast of low virulence in a young girl with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. It was successfully treated with amphotericin B. The morphological characteristics of this fungus leading to its identification are described.