title: Rhodotorula fungemia: two cases and a brief review.
abstract: Rhodotorula is emerging as an important cause of nosocomial and opportunistic infections. We present two cases of Rhodotorula mucilaginosa fungemia diagnosed over a period of 3 months at our hospital. The first case was of a pre-term neonate in the neonatal ICU who presented with respiratory failure and sepsis. The second involved an adult female who had been injured in a road traffic accident requiring an operation for a hematoma and was later shifted to the medical ICU. For a new hospital like ours, finding two cases of Rhodotorula fungemia within a span of 3 months prompted us to describe them in this report. These cases emphasize the emerging importance of Rhodotorula mucilaginosa as a pathogen and the importance of identification and MIC testing for all fungal isolates recovered from the blood stream.
authors: Department of Microbiology, Dr B L Kapur Memorial Hospital, Delhi, India. shaliniduggal2005@rediffmail.com
authors: Shalini
authors: S
authors: Duggal
authors: Hemant
authors: H
authors: Jain
authors: Amit
authors: A
authors: Tyagi
authors: Anuradha
authors: A
authors: Sharma
authors: T D
authors: TD
authors: Chugh