{"title":"Malassezia furfur bloodstream infection: still a diagnostic challenge in clinical practice","authors":"Rosalba Petruccelli , Terenzio Cosio , Valeria Camicia , Carlotta Fiorilla , Roberta Gaziano , Cartesio D'Agostini","doi":"10.1016/j.mmcr.2024.100657","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The opportunistic fungus <em>Malassezia furfur</em> (<em>M. furfur</em>) can cause either cutaneous or systemic infections. We report a case of <em>M. furfur</em> fungemia in a 22-year-old male with T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (T-ALL) who developed concomitant <em>Bacillus cereus</em> (<em>B. cereus</em>) septicemia. The fungal infection was diagnosed by microscopic examination and culture-based methods, while automated blood culture systems and molecular approaches failed in identifying the fungus. Despite appropriate therapy, the patient died 18 days after the hospitalization.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":51724,"journal":{"name":"Medical Mycology Case Reports","volume":"45 ","pages":"Article 100657"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6000,"publicationDate":"2024-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211753924000319/pdfft?md5=597966c6ac43ef2d4fda19572fb715eb&pid=1-s2.0-S2211753924000319-main.pdf","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Medical Mycology Case Reports","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211753924000319","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"MEDICINE, RESEARCH & EXPERIMENTAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The opportunistic fungus Malassezia furfur (M. furfur) can cause either cutaneous or systemic infections. We report a case of M. furfur fungemia in a 22-year-old male with T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (T-ALL) who developed concomitant Bacillus cereus (B. cereus) septicemia. The fungal infection was diagnosed by microscopic examination and culture-based methods, while automated blood culture systems and molecular approaches failed in identifying the fungus. Despite appropriate therapy, the patient died 18 days after the hospitalization.
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