| Title |
Rhodotorula mucilaginosa Fungemia and Pleural Tuberculosis in an Immunocompetent Patient: An Uncommon Association
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Mycopathologia, September 2015
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| DOI | 10.1007/s11046-015-9942-x |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Cláudia Pereira, Sofia Ribeiro, Virgínia Lopes, Teresa Mendonça |
| Abstract |
We report an atypical case of Rhodotorula mucilaginosa fungemia coexisting with pleural tuberculosis, in an immunocompetent host. The patient was an inhaled drug abuser and worked in a fruit market. The diagnosis of Rhodotorula mucilaginosa infection was established by the isolation of the yeast in two blood cultures followed by a good response to amphotericin B treatment. Persistent evening fever and pleural effusion led to the second diagnosis-pleural tuberculosis. In the last 5 years, this was the only case of Rhodotorula mucilaginosa fungemia in our hospital and the first case in the literature that documents Rhodotorula mucilaginosa fungemia associated with pleural tuberculosis. |
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| France | 1 | 100% |
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| Researcher | 4 | 24% |
| Other | 1 | 6% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 1 | 6% |
| Lecturer | 1 | 6% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 1 | 6% |
| Other | 1 | 6% |
| Unknown | 8 | 47% |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 2 | 12% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 2 | 12% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 1 | 6% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 1 | 6% |
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| Unknown | 9 | 53% |
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