Caspofungin treatment in two infants with persistent fungaemia due to Candida lipolytica


Belet N., Ciftci E., Ince E., Dalgic N., Oncel S., Guriz H., ...Daha Fazla

SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, cilt.38, ss.559-562, 2006 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

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Candida lipolytica has infrequently been identified as a cause of infection and is associated mostly with vascular catheter-related fungaemia. Patients reported in the literature have been successfully treated with catheter removal or amphotericin B treatment. We report 2 infants with C. lipolytica fungaemia unresponsive to catheter removal and amphotericin B therapy and treated successfully with the addition of caspofungin to amphotericin B.