Successful Treatment of Catheter Related Blood Stream Infection By Millerozyma farinosa with Micafungin: A Case Report.

Author: Sun In HONG ¹ ; Young Sun SUH ; Hyun Ok KIM ; In Gyu BAE ; Jong Hee SHIN ; Oh Hyun CHO
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1. Department of Internal Medicine, Gyeongsang National University Changwon Hospital, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine, Changwon, Korea. zenmd@naver.com
Publication Type:Case Report
Keywords: Catheter-related infection; Fungemia; Micafungin; Millerozyma farinosa
MeSH: Aged; Catheter-Related Infections; Catheters*; Central Venous Catheters; Fungemia; Humans; Immunocompromised Host; Pichia; Rivers*; Yeasts
From:Infection and Chemotherapy 2018;50(4):362-366
CountryRepublic of Korea
Language:English
Abstract: Millerozyma farinosa (formerly Pichia farinosa) is halotolerant yeast mainly found in food and ubiquitous in the environment. It was a rare yeast pathogen, but it has recently emerged as a cause of fungemia in immunocompromised patients. Optimal therapy for invasive fungal infection by this pathogen remains unclear. We report a case of catheter related blood stream infection caused by M. farinosa in a 71-year-old patient who recovered successfully after removal of the central venous catheter and treatment with micafungin.