Central venous catheter-related Rhodotorula rubra fungemia
- Affiliated Author(s)
- 김백남
- Alternative Author(s)
- Kim, Baek Nam
- Journal Title
- Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy
- ISSN
- 1341-321X
- Issued Date
- 2002
- Keyword
- Rhodotorula rubra; Fungemia; Catheter
- Abstract
- With the increased use of indwelling central venous catheters, increasing numbers of cases of Rhodotorula fungemia have been observed in patients with neoplasia and neutropenia. In most patients with catheterrelated Rhodotorula fungemia, the condition has been treated with broadspectrum antibiotics. We report two cases of central venous catheter-related Rhodotorula rubra fungemia that occurred in patients with acute myeloblastic leukemia. Both patients were in a state of neutropenia. One patient was treated with amphotericin B and his central venous catheter was removed, but he died of Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteremia. The other patient was treated with amphotericin B and discharged, with a central venous catheter, after recovery from neutropenia. Although the management of catheter-related Rhodotorula fungemia infections remains controversial, resolution of the underlying disease is more important than catheter removal for recovery from Rhodotorula rubra fungemia.
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