Colonization of a central venous catheter by the hyaline fungus Fusarium solani species complex: A case report and SEM imaging

Case Reports in Medicine

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Colombo, Alberto ^a   MacCari, Giuseppe ^a   Congiu, Terenzio ^a   Basso, Petra ^a   Baj, Andreina ^a   Toniolo, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINASE; DAUNORUBICIN; DEXAMETHASONE; GENOMIC DNA; PREDNISONE; VINCRISTINE; VORICONAZOLE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CASE REPORT; CATHETER REMOVAL; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; FUSARIOSIS; FUSARIUM SOLANI; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 84898489192     PISSN: 16879627     EISSN: 16879635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/618358     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. Anaissie E. J., Kuchar R. T., Rex J. H., Francesconi A., Kasai M., Müller F.-M. C., Lozano-Chiu M., Summerbell R. C., Dignani M. C., Chanock S. J., Walsh T. J., Fusariosis associated with pathogenic Fusarium species colonization of a hospital water system: a new paradigm for the epidemiology of opportunistic mold infections. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2001 33 11 1871 1878 2-s2.0-0035576922 10.1086/324501
2. Pagano L., Akova M., Dimopoulos G., Herbrecht R., Drgona L., Blijlevens N., Risk assessment and prognostic factors for mould-related diseases in immunocompromised patients. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 2011 66 1 i5 i14 2-s2.0-78650546347 10.1093/jac/dkq437 dkq437
3. Nucci M., Anaissie E. J., Queiroz-Telles F., Martins C. A., Trabasso P., Solza C., Mangini C., Simões B. P., Colombo A. L., Vaz J., Levy C. E., Costa S., Moreira V. A., Oliveira J. S., Paraguay N., Duboc G., Voltarelli J. C., Maiolino A., Pasquini R., Souza C. A., Outcome predictors of 84 patients with hematologic malignancies and Fusarium infection. Cancer 2003 98 2 315 319 2-s2.0-0038345403 10.1002/cncr.11510
4. Inano S., Kimura M., Iida J., Arima N., Combination therapy of voriconazole and terbinafine for disseminated fusariosis: case report and literature review. Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy 2013 10.1007/s10156-013-0594-9
5. Zhou G., Whong W.-Z., Ong T., Chen B., Development of a fungus-specific PCR assay for detecting low-level fungi in an indoor environment. Molecular and Cellular Probes 2000 14 6 339 348 2-s2.0-0034532960 10.1006/mcpr.2000.0324
6. Maccari G., Gemignani F., Landi S., COMPASSS (COMplex PAttern of Sequence Search Software), a simple and effective tool for mining complex motifs in whole genomes. Bioinformatics 2010 26 14 1777 1778 2-s2.0-77954498887 10.1093/bioinformatics/btq258 btq258
7. Wang H., Xiao M., Kong F., Chen S., Dou H.-T., Sorrell T., Li R.-Y., Xu Y.-C., Accurate and practical identification of 20 Fusarium species by seven-locus sequence analysis and reverse line blot hybridization, and an in vitro antifungal susceptibility study. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 2011 49 5 1890 1898 2-s2.0-79955543073 10.1128/JCM.02415-10
8. Bellemain E., Carlsen T., Brochmann C., Coissac E., Taberlet P., Kauserud H., ITS as an environmental DNA barcode for fungi: an in silico approach reveals potential PCR biases. BMC Microbiology 2010 10, article 189 2-s2.0-77954336858 10.1186/1471-2180-10-189
9. Congiu T., Schembri L., Tozzi M., Guasti L., Maio R. C., Cosentino M., Marino F., Scanning electron microscopy examination of endothelium morphology in human carotid plaques. Micron 2010 41 5 532 536 2-s2.0-77954387229 10.1016/j.micron.2010.01.006
10. Leslie J. F., Summerell B. F., The Fusarium Laboratory Manual 2006 Ames, Iowa, USA Blackwell Publishing
11. Sutton D. A., Brandt M. E., Versalovic J., Fusarium and other opportunistic hyaline fungi. Manual of Clinical Microbiology 2011 Washington, DC, USA ASM Press 1853 1879
12. Fratino G., Molinari A. C., Parodi S., Longo S., Saracco P., Castagnola E., Haupt R., Central venous catheter-related complications in children with oncological/hematological diseases: an observational study of 418 devices. Annals of Oncology 2005 16 4 648 654 2-s2.0-18144418175 10.1093/annonc/mdi111
13. Park K.-H., Kim S.-H., Song E. H., Jang E.-Y., Lee E. J., Chong Y. P., Choi S.-H., Lee S.-O., Woo J. H., Kim Y. S., Development of bacteraemia or fungaemia after removal of colonized central venous catheters in patients with negative concomitant blood cultures. Clinical Microbiology and Infection 2010 16 6 742 746 2-s2.0-77953945422 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.02926.x
14. Muhammed M., Coleman J. J., Carneiro H. A., Mylonakis E., The challenge of managing fusariosis. Virulence 2011 2 2 91 96 2-s2.0-79952908339