Successful treatment with voriconazole of prolonged Paecilomyces lilacinus fungemia in a chronic hemodialyzed patient
Labriola, L. Vandercam, B. Swinne, D. Jadoul, M.
Labriola, L.
Vandercam, B.
Swinne, D.
Jadoul, M.
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Paecilomyces lilacinus is a saprophytic mould which rarely causes infection in humans. We report a case of Paecilomyces lilacinus catheter-related fungemia in a chronic hemodialyzed patient. Blood cultures remained positive for 8 weeks. The infection was cured after eventual acceptance by the patient of oral voriconazole treatment for 6 weeks and removal of the tunneled catheter. The literature on Paecilomyces fungemia in humans is reviewed
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2009-03-15
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adverse effects, Agent, Agents, Antifungal Agents, article, Belgium, blood, Brussels, Case, case reports, Catheter-Related Infections, Catheters,Indwelling, cause, chronic, culture, de, drug therapy, Female, Fungemia, Human, Humans, im, INFECTION, IS, isolation & purification, journal, Literature, microbiology, Paecilomyces, Patient, Print, Pyrimidines, Renal Dialysis, report, reports, SB - IM, successful, therapeutic use, treatment, triazoles