Sepsis due to Rhodotorula related to use of indwelling central venous catheters Journal Article
| Authors: | Kiehn, T. E.; Gorey, E.; Brown, A. E.; Edwards, F. F.; Armstrong, D. |
| Article Title: | Sepsis due to Rhodotorula related to use of indwelling central venous catheters |
| Abstract: | With increased use of surgically implanted silastic central venous catheters, there has been an increase in the recovery from blood cultures at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (New York) of environmental and skin organisms including the red yeast Rhodotorula. From 1985 through 1989, 23 patients had catheter-related Rhodotorula sepsis. All 23 patients had indwelling central venous catheters that had been in place from 1 to 22 months (average, 9.3 months) prior to the detection of fungemia. All patients had blood drawn both through the catheter and from a peripheral source, and only one patient had a peripheral blood culture positive for Rhodotorula. Colony counts of yeast from the catheter cultures often exceeded 100 (15 patients) and even 1, 000 (seven patients) cfu/mL of blood. Thirteen of the patients were treated with antifungal therapy and had the catheter removed, and five patients received antifungal therapy without catheter removal (suggesting that compulsory removal of the catheter may not always be required). Five patients had the catheter removed without antifungal therapy. All patients survived the fungemic episode and experienced no recurrence of the infection. © 1992, by The University of Chicago. |
| Keywords: | adolescent; adult; child; clinical article; preschool child; school child; aged; child, preschool; antibiotic therapy; retrospective studies; chemotherapy, adjuvant; quantitative assay; antifungal agent; risk factor; ketoconazole; rifampicin; antibiotic sensitivity; catheter infection; fluconazole; antifungal agents; catheters, indwelling; itraconazole; central venous catheter; flucytosine; middle age; blood culture; catheterization, central venous; fungus culture; amphotericin b; miconazole; fungemia; human; male; female; priority journal; article; rhodotorula |
| Journal Title: | Clinical Infectious Diseases |
| Volume: | 14 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| ISSN: | 1058-4838 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Date Published: | 1992-04-01 |
| Start Page: | 841 |
| End Page: | 846 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1093/clinids/14.4.841 |
| PUBMED: | 1576278 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
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| Notes: | Article -- Export Date: 30 July 2019 -- Source: Scopus |
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