Disseminated nosocomial fungal infection by Aureobasidium pullulans var. melanigenum: a case report.
We report on a rare case of disseminated nosocomial fungal infection due to Aureobasidium pullulans var. melanigenum in a severely traumatized patient. Repeated blood and urine cultures yielded multicellular filamentous hyphal structures of varying size accompanied by budding yeast-like-cells of ellipsoidal morphology. The patient became asymptomatic after fluconazole therapy.
Bolignano
Giuseppe
G
Laboratorio di Microbiologia, Ospedali Riuniti di Reggio Calabria, Reggio Calabria, Italy.
Criseo
Giuseppe
G
D000328:Adult; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D003904:Mitosporic Fungi / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009181:Mycoses / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*