title: Geotrichum capitatum septicemia in a hematological malignancy patient with positive galactomannan antigen: case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Geotrichum capitatum, formerly known as Trichosporon capitatum, is an uncommon but frequently fatal invasive fungal infection in immunocompromised patients, especially in hematological malignancies. We report a seven-year-old patient with acute myeloid leukemia with Geotrichum septicemia with involvement of the lungs, liver, spleen, and kidneys, who had a favorable outcome after therapy. Alteration of antifungal treatment to liposomal amphotericin B resolved the fever with favorable clinical response.
authors.affiliation: Divisions of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. aslinur@hacettepe.edu.tr.
authors.forename: Aslınur
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Özkaya-Parlakay
authors.forename: Ali Bülent
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Cengiz
authors.forename: Eda
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Karadağ-Öncel
authors.forename: Barış
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kuşkonmaz
authors.forename: Zeynep
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Sarıbaş
authors.forename: Ateş
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kara
authors.forename: Berna
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Oğuz
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005690:Galactose / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D005847:Geotrichosis / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*; D005848:Geotrichum / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D008351:Mannans / Q000276:immunology*; D018805:Sepsis / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D008351:Mannans; C012990:galactomannan; D005690:Galactose