Catheter-associated fungemia due to Wangiella (Exophiala) dermatitidis

S Nachman; O Alpan; R Malowitz; E D Spitzer

doi:10.1128/jcm.34.4.1011-1013.1996

Catheter-associated fungemia due to Wangiella (Exophiala) dermatitidis

J Clin Microbiol. 1996 Apr;34(4):1011-3. doi: 10.1128/jcm.34.4.1011-1013.1996.

Authors

S Nachman¹, O Alpan, R Malowitz, E D Spitzer

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pediatrics, SUNY at Stony Brook 11794-8691, USA.

Abstract

We describe a case of catheter-associated Wangiella (Exophiala) dermatitidis fungemia in a human immunodeficiency virus-infected child who was successfully treated with antifungal therapy and catheter removal. Catheter-associated W. dermatitidis fungemia appears to be distinct from previously described cases of disseminated infection with organ involvement.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / complications
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / etiology*
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / microbiology
Catheterization, Central Venous / adverse effects*
Child, Preschool
Exophiala* / isolation & purification
Exophiala* / pathogenicity
Fungemia / complications
Fungemia / etiology*
Fungemia / microbiology
HIV-1*
Humans
Male