Funguemia and interstitial lung compromise caused by Malassezia sympodialis in a pediatric patient

AGUIRRE C; EULIARTE C; FINQUELIEVICH J; SOSA MA; GIUSIANO G

REVISTA IBEROAMERICANA DE MICOLOGIA

ASOCIACION ESPANOLA MICOLOGIA-AEM

Lugar: Londres; Año: 2015 vol. 32 p. 118 - 121

1130-1406

We report a case of fungemia with interstitial lung compromised caused by Malassezia sympodialis in a pediatric patient afflicted with both obesity and moderate asthma long treated with inhaled corticosteroids, who was hospitalized due to the complication of a postsurgery appendicitis. Our patient was treated with amphotericin B for 3 weeks, with good clinical evolution and the removal of the causative agent, confirmed by subsequent negative cultures