Case report. Rhodotorula rubra fungaemia due to use of indwelling venous catheters.
Rhodotorula has been an infrequent cause of infection in humans but there have been some case reports about this systemic yeast infection. In this article, a Rhodotorula rubra fungaemia due to an indwelling catheter in a 23-year-old woman who had been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma grade IV B is described.
Kiraz
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Gülbas
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Akgün
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D000328:Adult; D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D016469:Fungemia / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D012248:Rhodotorula / Q000302:isolation & purification*