Aguirre Clarisa, Euliarte Cristina, Finquelievich Jorge, Sosa María de los Ángeles, Giusiano Gustavo
Hospital Pediátrico Dr. Avelino Castelán, Resistencia, Argentina.
Centro de Micología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aries, Argentina.
Rev Iberoam Micol. 2015 Apr-Jun;32(2):118-21. doi: 10.1016/j.riam.2014.01.002. Epub 2014 May 24.
A case of fungemia with interstitial lung compromise caused by Malassezia sympodialis is reported in an obese pediatric patient on long-term treatment with inhaled corticosteroids for asthma. The patient was hospitalized due to a post-surgical complication of appendicitis. The patient was treated with amphotericin B for 3 weeks, with good clinical evolution and subsequent negative cultures.
本文报道了一例肥胖儿童患者,因哮喘长期吸入糖皮质激素治疗,发生了由合轴马拉色菌引起的真菌血症并伴有间质性肺损伤。该患者因阑尾炎术后并发症入院。患者接受了3周的两性霉素B治疗,临床病情好转,随后培养结果转阴。