Transient Fungemia Due to Rhodotorula rubra in a Cancer Patient: Case Report and Review of the Literature |
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| Authors: | G. Samonis M. Anatoliotaki H. Apostolakou S. Maraki D. Mavroudis V. Georgoulias |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Division of Medicine, The University of Crete, P. O. Box 1393, Heraklion 71110, Crete, Greece; Phone (+30/81) 39-2747, Fax -2802, e-mail: georgsec@med.uch.gr, GR |
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| Abstract: | A unique case of Rhodotorula rubra transient fungemia in a post-chemotherapy, febrile neutropenic patient with colon cancer, suffering from gastrointestinal mucositis, is described. The fungus was isolated repeatedly from his blood. However, all signs and symptoms of the infection disappeared, without antifungal treatment, as soon as neutropenia and mucositis, both of short duration, resolved. Restoration of the patient's defense mechanisms was adequate for disappearance of the fungus from the patient's blood and full recovery. Received: June 7, 2000 · Revision accepted: February 28, 2001 |
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| Keywords: | Rhodotorula rubra Fungemia Neutropenia Mucositis Cancer |
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