Epidemiology and Outcome of Rhodotorula Fungemia in a Tertiary Care Hospital

• Published in: Clinical infectious diseases Vol. 43; no. 6; pp. e60 - e63
• Main Authors: Lunardi, Luciano W., Aquino, Valério R., Zimerman, Ricardo A., Goldani, Luciano Z.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States The University of Chicago Press 15.09.2006; Oxford University Press
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adrenal Cortex Hormones - therapeutic use; Adult; Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use; Antibiotics; Antifungal Agents - therapeutic use; Antineoplastic Agents - therapeutic use; Catheterization, Central Venous - adverse effects; Child; Clinical outcomes; Drug resistance; Drug Resistance, Fungal; Drug therapy; Echinocandins; Female; Fluconazole - therapeutic use; Fungal infections; Fungemia - complications; Fungemia - drug therapy; Fungemia - epidemiology; Hospitals; Humans; Lipopeptides; Male; Middle Aged; Neoplasms - complications; Neoplasms - drug therapy; Peptides, Cyclic - therapeutic use; Retrospective Studies; Rhodotorula; Rhodotorula - drug effects; Risk Factors; Treatment Outcome

We reviewed demographic data, risk factors, treatment, and outcomes associated with Rhodotorula fungemia in a tertiary care hospital during 2002–2005. Rhodotorula species caused fungemic episodes in 7 patients during the 4-year period that we studied. The most common predisposing factors were patien...