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A case of breakthrough Candida parapsilosis fungemia during micafungin therapy for a Candida glabrata bloodstream infection

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MEDICAL MYCOLOGY CASE REPORTS
Volume 16, Issue -, Pages 1-3

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DOI: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2017.03.002

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Breakthrough infection; Candida parapsilosis; Candida glabrata; Pyoderma gangrenosum; Micafungin

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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.

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