Author | Cabral, Andrea Maria | |
Author | Rioja, Suzimar da Siveira | |
Author | Brito-Santos, Fabio | |
Author | Silva, Juliana Ribeiro Peres da | |
Author | MacDowell, Maria Luíza | |
Author | Melhem, Marcia S. C. | |
Author | Mattos-Guaraldi, Ana Luíza | |
Author | Hirata Junior, Raphael | |
Author | Damasco, Paulo Vieira | |
Access date | 2019-07-24T12:29:53Z | |
Available date | 2019-07-24T12:29:53Z | |
Document date | 2017 | |
Citation | CABRAL, Andrea Maria et al. Endocarditis due to Rhodotorula mucilaginosa in a kidney transplanted patient: case report and review of medical literature. JMM Case Reports, v. 4, p. 1-4, Nov. 2017. | pt_BR |
ISSN | 2053-3721 | |
URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/34389 | |
Language | eng | pt_BR |
Publisher | SGM | pt_BR |
Rights | open access | pt_BR |
Title | Endocarditis due to Rhodotorula mucilaginosa in a kidney transplanted patient: case report and review of medical literature | pt_BR |
Type | Article | pt_BR |
DOI | 10.1099/jmmcr.0.005119 | |
Abstract | Introduction. Endocarditis caused by yeasts is currently an emerging cause of infective endocarditis and, when accompanied byfever of unknown origin, is more severe since interferes with proper diagnosis and endocarditis treatment. Case presentation. The Rio de Janeiro Infective Endocarditis Study Group reports a case of infectious endocarditis (IE) with negative blood cultures in a 45-year-old white female resident in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, previously submitted to kidney transplantation. After diagnosis and intervention, the valve culture revealed Rhodotorula mucilaginosa. The clinical aspects and overview of endocarditis caused by Rhodotorula spp. demonstrated that R. muscilaginosa have been isolated from the last IE cases from kidney transplanted patients. Conclusion. Though most of the patients (in literature) recovered well from endocarditis caused by Rhodotorula spp., physicians must be aware for diagnosis of fungemia and fungal treatment in kidney transplanted patients suffering of fever of unknown origin in the modern immunosuppressive treatment. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Faculdade de Ciências Médicas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Faculdade de Ciências Médicas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Laboratório de Micologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil / Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Hospital Universitário Pedro Ernesto. Laboratório Central. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Instituto Adolfo Lutz. São Paulo, SP, Brazil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Faculdade de Ciências Médicas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Faculdade de Ciências Médicas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Faculdade de Ciências Médicas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil / Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. | |
Subject | Rhodotorula mucilaginosa | pt_BR |
Subject | Immunocompromised | pt_BR |
Subject | Infective endocarditis | pt_BR |
Subject | Kidney transplantation | pt_BR |
e-ISSN | 2053-3721 | |