FATAL CANDIDA-TROPICALIS FUNGEMIA IN A LEUKEMIC PATIENT RECEIVING FLUCONAZOLE PROPHYLAXIS

Authors
BARNES AJ WARDLEY AM OPPENHEIM BA MORGENSTERN GR SCARFFE JH WARNOCK DW JOHNSON EM
Citation
Aj. Barnes et al., FATAL CANDIDA-TROPICALIS FUNGEMIA IN A LEUKEMIC PATIENT RECEIVING FLUCONAZOLE PROPHYLAXIS, The Journal of infection, 33(1), 1996, pp. 43-45
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Infectious Diseases
Journal title
The Journal of infection → ACNP
ISSN journal
01634453
Volume
33
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
43 - 45
Database
ISI
SICI code
0163-4453(1996)33:1<43:FCFIAL>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
A 50-year old man with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukaemia develop ed breakthrough candidaemia while receiving fluconazole as antifungal prophylaxis during remission-inducing chemotherapy. Candida tropicalis was isolated: the strain was resistant to fluconazole on in vitro sen sitivity testing, a phenomenon which has not been previously reported in this setting.