Ragupathi Loheetha, Reyna Maria
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA.
Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
Perit Dial Int. 2015 Jul-Aug;35(4):421-7. doi: 10.3747/pdi.2013.00134. Epub 2014 Mar 1.
Cryptococcus albidus is a saprophytic yeast linked to just 26 reports of human infection in the world literature. Here, we report the first case of C. albidus peritonitis, in a patient with end-stage renal disease and hepatitis C-associated cirrhosis who is on peritoneal dialysis. The patient was treated successfully with a week-long course of amphotericin B. Non-neoformans cryptococcal infections present a clinical challenge, because they are difficult to diagnose and lack established guidelines for treatment. We present a review of the literature on C. albidus infections and their treatment.
浅白隐球菌是一种腐生酵母菌,在世界文献中仅有26例人类感染的报道。在此,我们报告首例浅白隐球菌腹膜炎病例,患者为一名终末期肾病合并丙型肝炎相关性肝硬化且正在接受腹膜透析的患者。该患者接受了为期一周的两性霉素B治疗并成功治愈。非新型隐球菌感染带来了临床挑战,因为它们难以诊断且缺乏既定的治疗指南。我们对浅白隐球菌感染及其治疗的文献进行了综述。