title: A case of breakthroughCandida parapsilosisfungemia during micafungin therapy for aCandida glabratabloodstream infection.
abstract: We describe a case of breakthrough Candida parapsilosis fungemia in an 80-year-old woman with pyoderma gangrenosum and rheumatoid arthritis. C. parapsilosis was detected in blood culture while the patient was treated with micafungin for a Candida glabrata bloodstream infection. The breakthrough infection was successfully treated with liposomal amphotericin B.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Showa General Hospital, 8-1-1 Hanakoganei, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8510, Japan.
authors.forename: Yuta
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Norimatsu
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Showa General Hospital, 8-1-1 Hanakoganei, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8510, Japan; Department of Infection Control and Prevention Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, 2-15 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
authors.forename: Daiichi
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Morii
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Showa General Hospital, 8-1-1 Hanakoganei, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8510, Japan.
authors.forename: Asako
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kogure
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Showa General Hospital, 8-1-1 Hanakoganei, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8510, Japan.
authors.forename: Taeko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hamanaka
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Showa General Hospital, 8-1-1 Hanakoganei, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8510, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kuwano
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Laboratory, Showa General Hospital, 8-1-1 Hanakoganei, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8510, Japan.
authors.forename: Takayuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yokozawa
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Showa General Hospital, 8-1-1 Hanakoganei, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8510, Japan.
authors.forename: Toshimi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Oda
keywords: Breakthrough infection; Candida glabrata; Candida parapsilosis; Micafungin; Pyoderma gangrenosum