https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2017.6827

An unusual case of Rhodotorula mucilaginosa fungaemia in a cancer patient

Vol. 32 No. 3 (2017)
Submitted: 1 June 2017
Accepted: 3 September 2017
Published: 10 October 2017
Rhodotorula mucilaginosa, fungaemia, opportunistic infection
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Valentino Granero
vgranero@aslto3.piemonte.it
Rivoli-Pinerolo Unified Analysis Laboratory, Italy.
Elvio Peyronel
Rivoli-Pinerolo Unified Analysis Laboratory, Italy.
Nicoletta Mensa
Department of General Medicine, Local Health Unit TO3, Pinerolo (TO), Italy.
Nicola Liuzzi
Department of General Medicine, Local Health Unit TO3, Pinerolo (TO), Italy.
Cristina Costa
Department of Microbiology and Virology, University Hospital “Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino”, Turin, Italy.
Maria Rita Cavallo
Rivoli-Pinerolo Unified Analysis Laboratory, Italy.
Rhodotorula is emerging as a relevant cause of nosocomial and opportunistic infections. Herein, we present a case of fungaemia due to Rhodotorula mucilaginosa in a cancer patient with lumbosacral stimulator for herniated disc with unfavourable outcome. The patient was hospitalized for twenty days during which he underwent various diagnostic tests before discovering the presence of colon cancer. At day 16 of hospitalization, a bloodstream infection due to R. mucilaginosa with an antimycogram profile resistant to fluconazole occurred. It is emphasized the need for the rapid and correct identification of R. mucilaginosa in order to set up as fast as possible a pathogen driven therapy, in particular in the immunocompromised subjects.

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Granero, V., Peyronel, E., Mensa, N., Liuzzi, N., Costa, C., & Cavallo, M. R. (2017). An unusual case of Rhodotorula mucilaginosa fungaemia in a cancer patient. Microbiologia Medica, 32(3). https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2017.6827

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