Successful treatment of an invasive fungal infection caused by Talaromyces sp. with voriconazole

Successful treatment of an invasive fungal infection caused by Talaromyces sp. with voriconazole

Invasive fungal infections (IFI) are on the rise due to increasing numbers of immunosuppressed and critically ill patients. A malignant-looking pulmonary nodule in an immunosuppressed patient may indeed be caused by a fungal organism. We report a patient, who was eventually diagnosed with an IFI cau...

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Main Authors: Uluhan Sili, Huseyin Bilgin, Rikesh Masania, Emel Eryuksel, Nuri Cagatay Cimsit, Gulcicek Ayranci, Malcolm Richardson, Volkan Korten
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-06-01
Series:Medical Mycology Case Reports
Subjects:
Invasive fungal infection
Rheumatoid arthritis
Mold infection
Voriconazole
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221175391500007X
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spelling doaj-092392a5b8994b81897d63d208a07ce62020-11-25T03:46:00ZengElsevierMedical Mycology Case Reports2211-75392015-06-018C212310.1016/j.mmcr.2015.02.002Successful treatment of an invasive fungal infection caused by Talaromyces sp. with voriconazoleUluhan Sili0Huseyin Bilgin1Rikesh Masania2Emel Eryuksel3Nuri Cagatay Cimsit4Gulcicek Ayranci5Malcolm Richardson6Volkan Korten7Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, School of Medicine, Marmara University, Istanbul, TurkeyDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, School of Medicine, Marmara University, Istanbul, TurkeyMycology Reference Centre, University Hospital of South Manchester, Manchester, and Centre for Respiratory Medicine and Allergy, Institute of Inflammation and Repair, University of Manchester, UKDepartment of Pulmonary and Critical Care, School of Medicine, Marmara University, Istanbul, TurkeyDepartment of Radiology, School of Medicine, Marmara University, Istanbul, TurkeyDepartment of Pathology, School of Medicine, Marmara University, Istanbul, TurkeyMycology Reference Centre, University Hospital of South Manchester, Manchester, and Centre for Respiratory Medicine and Allergy, Institute of Inflammation and Repair, University of Manchester, UKDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, School of Medicine, Marmara University, Istanbul, TurkeyInvasive fungal infections (IFI) are on the rise due to increasing numbers of immunosuppressed and critically ill patients. A malignant-looking pulmonary nodule in an immunosuppressed patient may indeed be caused by a fungal organism. We report a patient, who was eventually diagnosed with an IFI caused by an agent of hyalohyphomycosis, Talaromyces sp. determined via molecular methods and succesfully treated with voriconazole.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221175391500007XInvasive fungal infectionRheumatoid arthritisMold infectionVoriconazole
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author Uluhan Sili
Huseyin Bilgin
Rikesh Masania
Emel Eryuksel
Nuri Cagatay Cimsit
Gulcicek Ayranci
Malcolm Richardson
Volkan Korten
spellingShingle Uluhan Sili
Huseyin Bilgin
Rikesh Masania
Emel Eryuksel
Nuri Cagatay Cimsit
Gulcicek Ayranci
Malcolm Richardson
Volkan Korten
Successful treatment of an invasive fungal infection caused by Talaromyces sp. with voriconazole
Medical Mycology Case Reports
Invasive fungal infection
Rheumatoid arthritis
Mold infection
Voriconazole
author_facet Uluhan Sili
Huseyin Bilgin
Rikesh Masania
Emel Eryuksel
Nuri Cagatay Cimsit
Gulcicek Ayranci
Malcolm Richardson
Volkan Korten
author_sort Uluhan Sili
title Successful treatment of an invasive fungal infection caused by Talaromyces sp. with voriconazole
title_short Successful treatment of an invasive fungal infection caused by Talaromyces sp. with voriconazole
title_full Successful treatment of an invasive fungal infection caused by Talaromyces sp. with voriconazole
title_fullStr Successful treatment of an invasive fungal infection caused by Talaromyces sp. with voriconazole
title_full_unstemmed Successful treatment of an invasive fungal infection caused by Talaromyces sp. with voriconazole
title_sort successful treatment of an invasive fungal infection caused by talaromyces sp. with voriconazole
publisher Elsevier
series Medical Mycology Case Reports
issn 2211-7539
publishDate 2015-06-01
description Invasive fungal infections (IFI) are on the rise due to increasing numbers of immunosuppressed and critically ill patients. A malignant-looking pulmonary nodule in an immunosuppressed patient may indeed be caused by a fungal organism. We report a patient, who was eventually diagnosed with an IFI caused by an agent of hyalohyphomycosis, Talaromyces sp. determined via molecular methods and succesfully treated with voriconazole.
topic Invasive fungal infection
Rheumatoid arthritis
Mold infection
Voriconazole
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221175391500007X
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