title: Intraabdominal abscess related fungaemia caused by Rhodotorula glutinis in a non-neutropenic cancer patient.
abstract: Rhodotorula glutinis is a rare fungal infection that is especially observed in immune-compromised patients. It is common in the skin, faeces, nails, sputum, gastrointestinal system and adenoid tissue. However, the incidence of Rhodotorula glutinis is increased in both local and systemic infections in recent years. Presented here is a case of Rhodotorula glutinis fungaemia that isolated from subhepatic abscess formation and blood in a patient who was operated with Roux-en-Y technique due to gastric adenocarcinoma. Fungal sepsis is an important cause of fever resistant to antibiotic therapy that is often taken into marginal account. It should instead be particularly considered in patients with a history of intraabdominal surgery and non-neutropenic cancer patients. The case described illustrates an episode of systemic infection by Rhodotorula glutinis, correlated with the presence of intraabdominal abscess and without central venous catheters. This is the first case of fungaemia by Rhodotorula glutinis with an intraabdominal abscess source reported from Turkey.
authors.affiliation: Kyrenia Military Hospital, Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology Kyrenia, North Cyprus, Turkey. hd3207@gmail.com
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Diktas
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gulec
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Baylan
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Oncul
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Turhan
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Acar
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gorenek
mesh_terms: D018784:Abdominal Abscess / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications*; D016469:Fungemia / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D012248:Rhodotorula / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*