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Saccharomyces cerevisiae var. boulardii fungemia following probiotic treatment

Medical Mycology Case Reports, 2017
Probiotics are commonly prescribed as an adjuvant in the treatment of antibiotic-associated diarrhea caused by Clostridium difficile. We report the case of an immunocompromised 73-year-old patient on chemotherapy who developed Saccharomyces cerevisiae ...
Marcelo C Appel-da-Silva
exaly   +4 more sources

Fungemia in a university hospital: an epidemiological approach [PDF]

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2011
INTRODUCTION: Fungemia corresponds to the isolation of fungi in the bloodstream and occurs mostly in immunosuppressed patients. The early diagnosis and treatment of these infections are relevant given the serious threat to the affected patients and ...
Fabíola Maria Marques do Couto, Daniele Patrícia Cerqueira Macedo, Rejane Pereira Neves   +2 more
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Increased prevalence of fungemia in Medina, Saudi Arabia [PDF]

Frontiers in Epidemiology, 2023
BackgroundThe prevalence of fungal infection is increasing globally due to an increase in the immunocompromised and aging population. We investigated epidemiological changes in fungemia in one of the major centers in Medina over seven years period with ...
Aiah M. Khateb, Fadwa S. Alofi, Abdullah Z. Almutairi   +2 more
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Scedosporium prolificans Fungemia [PDF]

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 1998
Fungemia due to Scedosporium prolificans is described in a young woman with a relapse of acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Several days after starting reinduction chemotherapy, the patient presented with fever, neutropenia and blood cultures showing fungi on Gram stain.
Sameer Elsayed, Robert Lannigan, Ian Chin-Yee   +2 more
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Fungemia due to Aureobasidium pullulans

Medical Mycology Case Reports, 2022
Aureobasidium pullulans is a yeast-like dematiaceous fungus ubiquitous in nature. It is a rare cause of skin and soft tissue infection, peritonitis, and catheter-related fungemia in certain human hosts. We report a case of recurrent A. pullulans catheter-
Jorge Verdecia, Christopher A. Jankowski, Meredith L. Reynolds, Yvette McCarter, Malleswari Ravi   +4 more
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Prevalence of Fungemia in People with HIV: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [PDF]

Microorganisms
Prior to the introduction of antiretroviral therapy (ART), people with HIV (PWH) had high risk of fungemia. No systematic review has assessed the prevalence of fungemia in PWH after the introduction of combination ART in 1996.
Asta Maria Blom Nielsen, Kristiana Alexandrova Nikolova, Tea Nynne Sanders, Ask Bock, Moises Alberto Suarez-Zdunek, Susanne Dam Nielsen   +5 more
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Three Successfully Treated Cases of Lodderomyces elongisporus Fungemia: Case Reports and a Review of the Literature

Microorganisms, 2023
Fungemia is a fatal systemic infection that can occur in immunocompromised patients. Despite that, antifungal stewardship is spreading widely, but the mortality rate is extremely high, showing 40–60%.
Nobuhiro Asai, Yuichi Shibata, Akiko Nakamura, Hiroyuki Suematsu, Atsuko Yamada, Tomoko Ohno, Daisuke Sakanashi, Yuzuka Kawamoto, Narimi Miyazaki, Isao Koita, Hideo Kato, Mao Hagihara, Hirotoshi Ohta, Hiroshige Mikamo   +13 more
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Clinical Significance of Rare Non-Candida Yeasts in Pediatric Fungemia: A Retrospective Analysis [PDF]

Journal of Fungi
Background: Fungemia caused by non-Candida yeasts is rare but represents an emerging clinical problem that remains less well recognized and studied. These organisms often exhibit intrinsic resistance or reduced susceptibility to commonly used empirical ...
Gül Arga, Halil Özdemir, Duygu Öcal, Elif Somuncu, Hülya Akat, Döndü Nilay Penezoğlu, Hatice Belkıs İnceli, Yasemin Ezgi Köstekçi, Hasan Fatih Çakmaklı, Merve Havan, Sonay İncesoy Özdemir, Tanıl Kendirli, Mehmet Ertem, Nurdan Taçyıldız, Ergin Çiftçi   +14 more
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Clinical Characteristics of Carbapenem-Resistant Gram-Negative Bloodstream Infections and Fungemia Among High-Risk Pediatric Patients Receiving Empirical Antifungal Therapy [PDF]

Pathogens
Background: Healthcare-associated bloodstream infections remain a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in hospitalized children, particularly in intensive care settings. Carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacterial (CR-GNB) bloodstream infections
Asuman Akar
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Characteristics of fungemia in a peruvian referral center: 5-year retrospective analysis

Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública, 2020
Retrospective descriptive study carried out to determine the characteristics of fungemia in 285 cancer patients hospitalized from 2012 to 2016 at the Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Neoplásicas (INEN).
Freddy Villanueva, Janet Veliz, Karol Canasa Calvo, Esther Bellido, Shirley Martell, Sherly Ortega, Ines Cajamarca   +6 more
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