Ha M V, Choy M S, McCoy D, Fernandez N, Suh J S
Department of Pharmacy, St. Joseph's University Medical Center, Paterson, NJ, USA.
Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers the State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ, USA.
J Clin Pharm Ther. 2018 Dec;43(6):910-913. doi: 10.1111/jcpt.12728. Epub 2018 Jun 28.
Candida catenulata is a fungus commonly found in Australian cheeses. C. catenulata has been identified as the causative pathogen for one report of onychomycosis and one report of candidaemia.
A 37-year-old male underwent surgery for an incarcerated umbilical hernia repair and bowel obstruction and presented with severe abdominal pain and ascitic fluid draining from the surgical site. C. catenulata was isolated in blood cultures. The patient was treated with antifungal therapy for approximately 6 weeks.
To our knowledge, this is the first case describing successful treatment of possible fungal endocarditis caused by C. catenulata.
链状念珠菌是一种常见于澳大利亚奶酪中的真菌。链状念珠菌已被确认为一例甲癣和一例念珠菌血症报告的致病病原体。
一名37岁男性接受了嵌顿性脐疝修补术和肠梗阻手术，术后出现严重腹痛，手术部位有腹水引流。血培养分离出链状念珠菌。该患者接受了约6周的抗真菌治疗。
据我们所知，这是首例描述成功治疗由链状念珠菌引起的可能真菌性心内膜炎的病例。
