Malassezia furfur Fungemia in a Patient without the Usual Risk Factors
Authors: Rebecca M. Wurtz
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1988)

Brief Reports1 September 1988Malassezia furfur Fungemia in a Patient without the Usual Risk FactorsRebecca M. Wurtz, MD, William N. Knospe, MDRebecca M. Wurtz, MD, William N. Knospe, MDAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-109-5-432 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptMalassezia furfuris a lipophilic yeast that causes the superficial skin mycosis, tinea versicolor. Only recently hasM. furfurbeen recognized as a cause of deep-tissue infections. Twenty-five cases ofM. furfurisolation from the blood, three cases from lung biopsies, and one case each from the peritoneal cavity and from the maxillary sinus have been reported (1-8). All cases ofM. furfurfungemia have had two common factors: the patient was receiving lipid hyperalimentation and had a central venous or arterial catheter. We report the case of a patient with neither a central catheter nor a history of parenteral...References1. DanknerSpectorFiererDavis WSJC. Malassezia fungemia in neonates and adults: complication of hyperalimentation. Rev Infect Dis. 1987;9:743-53. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. RedlineRedlineBoxerbaumDahms RSBB. Systemic Malassezia furfur infections in patients receiving Intralipid therapy. Hum Pathol. 1985;16:815-22. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. PowellAungstSneddenHansenBrady DJSNM. Broviac catheter-related Malassezia furfur sepsis in five infants receiving intravenous fat emulsions. J Pediatr. 1984;105:987-90. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. ProberEin CS. Systemic tinea versicolor, or how far can furfur go? Pediatr Infect Dis. 1984;3:592. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. LongKeyserling JH. Catheter-related infection in infants due to an unusual lipophilic yeast—Malassezia furfur. Pediatrics. 1985;76:896-900. MedlineGoogle Scholar6. GarciaJohnstonCorviWalkerGeorge CBGLW. Intravenous catheter-associated Malassezia furfur fungemia. Am J Med. 1987;83:790-2. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar7. WallaceBagnallGlenAverill MHDS. Isolation of lipophilic yeast in "sterile" peritonitis [Letter]. Lancet. 1979;2:956. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar8. OberleFowlerGrafton AMW. Pityrosporum isolate from the upper respiratory tract. Am J Clin Path. 1981;76:112-6. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar9. GolombHadad HL. Infectious complications in 127 patients with hairy cell leukemia. Am J Hematol. 1984;16:393-401. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar10. Roberts S. Pityrosporum orbiculare: incidence and distribution on clinically normal skin. Br J Dermol. 1969;81:264-9. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: Rebecca M. Wurtz, MD; William N. Knospe, MDFrom the Departments of Medicine and Hematology, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois. For current author addresses, see end of text. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byMalassezia: Zoonotic Implications, Parallels and Differences in Colonization and Disease in Humans and AnimalsMalassezia spp. Yeasts of Emerging Concern in FungemiaSystemic Infection Caused by Malassezia pachydermatis in Infants: Case Series and Review of the LiteratureFungemia and interstitial lung compromise caused by Malassezia sympodialis in a pediatric patientThe Malassezia Genus in Skin and Systemic DiseasesMinireview: Malassezia infections in immunocompromised patientsEmerging Systemic Yeast PathogensMalassezia Fungemia, Antifungal Susceptibility Testing and Epidemiology of Nosocomial InfectionsUpdate on the genus MalasseziaFrequency of intravascular catheter colonization by Malassezia spp. in adult patients. Haufigkeit der Besiedelung von intravaskularen Kathetern mit Malassezia spp. bei erwachsenen PatientenHematogenous Septic Arthritis of the Adult HipImmunology of Diseases Associated with Malassezia SpeciesIntracardiac Mass Complicating Malassezia furfur FungemiaMalignant otitis externa caused byMalassezia sympodialisMedium-chain triglycerides inhibit growth of Malassezia: Implications for prevention of systemic infectionA Prospective Survey for Central Line Skin-Site Colonization by the Pathogen Malassezia furfur Among Hospitalized Adults Receiving Total Parenteral NutritionTHE SUPERFICIAL MYCOSESNodular infection of the hair caused byMalassezia furfurCatheter-related Malassezia furfur fungemia in immunocompromised patientsHuman infections due to Malassezia sppMalassezia furfur septicaemia in a child with leukaemiaPityrosporum folliculitis in the Philippines: Diagnosis, prevalence, and managementOpportunistic fungal infections in immunocompromised hosts 1 September 1988Volume 109, Issue 5Page: 432-433KeywordsBiopsyBloodCandidaCathetersHematology and oncologyInfectious diseasesInterleukinsLipidsLungsMedical risk factors ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 September 1988 PDF downloadLoading ...