Torulopsis glabrata fungemia from infected transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt stent.
Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts (TIPS) are used to manage multiple complications of portal hypertension. Accounts of infection of TIPS stents are uncommon. The literature reports two cases of TIPS-associated Torulopsis glabrata (Candida glabrata) fungemia; both patients died within a year of TIPS placement despite therapy with intravenous antifungal agents. This report describes the successful long-term survival of a patient with Torulopsis TIPS stent infection.
Brickey
Thomas W
TW
Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, 80220, USA.
Trotter
James F
JF
Johnson
Stephen P
SP
D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001201:Ascites / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D041221:Candida glabrata / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D016469:Fungemia / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications / Q000821:virology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019168:Portasystemic Shunt, Transjugular Intrahepatic / Q000009:adverse effects*; D015607:Stents / Q000382:microbiology*
D000935:Antifungal Agents