title: Torulopsis glabrata fungemia from infected transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt stent.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, 80220, USA.
authors.forename: Thomas W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Brickey
authors.forename: James F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Trotter
authors.forename: Stephen P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents