Two Cases of Pichia Ohmeri Fungemia.
- Author:
Sung Woo JOO
1
;
Won Sang YOON
;
Hoon KOOK
;
Chang Yi CHO
;
Young Youn CHOI
;
Tai Ju HWANG
;
Jong Hee SHIN
Author Information
1. Department of Pediatrics, Chonnam National University Medical School, Kwangju, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Pichia ohmeri fungemia;
Immunocompromised;
Central venous catheter;
Amphotericin B
- MeSH:
Amphotericin B;
Burkitt Lymphoma;
Central Venous Catheters;
Child;
Drug Therapy;
Fermentation;
Food Industry;
Fungemia*;
Fungi;
Hospitalization;
Humans;
Infant, Low Birth Weight;
Infant, Newborn;
Parenteral Nutrition;
Pichia*
- From:Korean Journal of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
2001;8(1):137-141
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Pichia ohmeri is an yeast-like fungus used in the food industry for fermentation. This organism has been implicated in human disease only in a few case reports. We describe herewith two cases of Pichia ohmeri fungemia in immunocompromised pediatric patients with central venous catheters. A 7-year-old patient with Burkitt's lymphoma undergoing chemotherapy and a newborn with low birth weight developed fungemia during hospitalizations. Both patients were receiving parenteral nutrition through central venous catheters. Both patients succumbed despite empiric treatment with amphotericin B in Case 1. A brief review of the literature ensues with the case reports.
