Mixed bloodstream infection with Staphylococcus aureus and Penicillium chrysogenum in an immunocompromised patient: case report and review of the literature.
We report a case of an immunocompromised patient who developed a mixed bacterial-fungal bloodstream infection involving Staphylococcus aureus and Penicillium chrysogenum. To date, no reports of such mixed bloodstream infection have been found.
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Microbiology Laboratory, Central Clinical Hospital, Warsaw, Poland. ewaswoboda@poczta.onet.pl
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Rokosz
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Luczak
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D000328:Adult; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D008297:Male; D010408:Penicillium chrysogenum / Q000254:growth & development*; D018805:Sepsis / Q000382:microbiology*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000254:growth & development*