Candida dubliniensis fungemia and vascular access infection

J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2002 Mar-Apr;24(3):237-9. doi: 10.1097/00043426-200203000-00017.

Abstract

Candida dubliniensis is a newly recognized species of yeast, which may have been forrmerly identified as Candida albicans, that has been rarely isolated from invasive fungal infections among humans. The authors document a C. dubliniensis fungemia that occurred during the course of a vascular access infection in a 2-year-old who was undergoing active therapy for neuroblastoma. Presumptive C. albicans isolates from an 18-year period were reassessed, and it was found that C. dubliniensis is a rare cause of fungemia among pediatric patients (0.5% of all such isolates).

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Amphotericin B / therapeutic use
  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
  • Candida / isolation & purification*
  • Candidiasis / drug therapy
  • Candidiasis / microbiology*
  • Catheters, Indwelling / microbiology*
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Fungemia / drug therapy
  • Fungemia / microbiology*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Retrospective Studies

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Amphotericin B