Pleural empyema due to Rhodotorula mucilaginosa: A rare yet severe complication of a previously undiagnosed cancer patient
Rhodotorula mucilaginosa (R. mucilaginosa) has been increasingly recognized as an emerging opportunistic pathogen causing invasive fungal infection, mainly in immunosuppressed patients. We report the case of a previously undiagnosed lung cancer patient with a pleural empyema due to R. mucilaginosa.
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| author | Ana Isabel Ferreira Hugo Cruz Ridhi Ranchor Bruno S. Silva Joana Serôdio Virgínia Lopes Maria Helena Ramos |
| author_facet | Ana Isabel Ferreira Hugo Cruz Ridhi Ranchor Bruno S. Silva Joana Serôdio Virgínia Lopes Maria Helena Ramos |
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| description | Rhodotorula mucilaginosa (R. mucilaginosa) has been increasingly recognized as an emerging opportunistic pathogen causing invasive fungal infection, mainly in immunosuppressed patients. We report the case of a previously undiagnosed lung cancer patient with a pleural empyema due to R. mucilaginosa. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6c4dc71a8e6040d78005aa8c3d8476b22022-12-22T00:25:29ZengElsevierIDCases2214-25092022-01-0128e01469Pleural empyema due to Rhodotorula mucilaginosa: A rare yet severe complication of a previously undiagnosed cancer patientAna Isabel Ferreira0Hugo Cruz1Ridhi Ranchor2Bruno S. Silva3Joana Serôdio4Virgínia Lopes5Maria Helena Ramos6Clinical Pathology Service, Unidade Local de Saúde de Castelo Branco, PortugalMicrobiology Service, Department of Pathology, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto, Portugal; Correspondence to: Microbiology Service, Department of Pathology Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto Largo do Prof. Abel Salazar 4099-001 Porto.Oncology Service, Department of Medicine, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto, PortugalPulmonology Service, Department of Medicine, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto, PortugalInternal Medicine Service, Department of Medicine, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto, PortugalMicrobiology Service, Department of Pathology, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto, PortugalMicrobiology Service, Department of Pathology, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto, PortugalRhodotorula mucilaginosa (R. mucilaginosa) has been increasingly recognized as an emerging opportunistic pathogen causing invasive fungal infection, mainly in immunosuppressed patients. We report the case of a previously undiagnosed lung cancer patient with a pleural empyema due to R. mucilaginosa.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221425092200097XRhodotorula mucilaginosaInvasive fungal infectionPleural empyemaCancer patientMALDI-TOF MSAmphotericin B |
| spellingShingle | Ana Isabel Ferreira Hugo Cruz Ridhi Ranchor Bruno S. Silva Joana Serôdio Virgínia Lopes Maria Helena Ramos Pleural empyema due to Rhodotorula mucilaginosa: A rare yet severe complication of a previously undiagnosed cancer patient IDCases Rhodotorula mucilaginosa Invasive fungal infection Pleural empyema Cancer patient MALDI-TOF MS Amphotericin B |
| title | Pleural empyema due to Rhodotorula mucilaginosa: A rare yet severe complication of a previously undiagnosed cancer patient |
| title_full | Pleural empyema due to Rhodotorula mucilaginosa: A rare yet severe complication of a previously undiagnosed cancer patient |
| title_fullStr | Pleural empyema due to Rhodotorula mucilaginosa: A rare yet severe complication of a previously undiagnosed cancer patient |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pleural empyema due to Rhodotorula mucilaginosa: A rare yet severe complication of a previously undiagnosed cancer patient |
| title_short | Pleural empyema due to Rhodotorula mucilaginosa: A rare yet severe complication of a previously undiagnosed cancer patient |
| title_sort | pleural empyema due to rhodotorula mucilaginosa a rare yet severe complication of a previously undiagnosed cancer patient |
| topic | Rhodotorula mucilaginosa Invasive fungal infection Pleural empyema Cancer patient MALDI-TOF MS Amphotericin B |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221425092200097X |
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