Two cases of fungemia due to Candida lusitaniae and a literature review.

摘要

Reported here are two cases of candidemia caused by Candida lusitaniae that occurred in two immunocompromised patients at Hospital Universitario La Fe infant with congenital nephrotic syndrome who was successfully treated with amphotericin B, and case 2 involved a 50-year old woman with a high-grade malignancy lymphoma who succumbed to the infection. Antifungal susceptibility testing of the Candida lusitaniae isolates recovered from both patients revealed sensitivity to amphotericin, 5-flucytosine and fluconazole. Results are presented and discussed together with a comprehensive review of the literature, covering all previously reported cases of fungemia caused by this emerging pathogen.