Case report: First case of fungemia caused by Papiliotrema laurentii in a patient with SARS-CoV-2 infection

ABSTRACT Previously considered saprobe and non-pathogenic, the fungus Papiliotrema laurentii (formerly known as Cryptococcus laurentii), is rarely associated with human infection. Nevertheless, there has been an increase in reported infections by non-neoformans cryptococci. After a literature search...

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Main Authors: Regielly Caroline Raimundo Cognialli, Gabriella Felber Fratucci, Bruno Hassunuma Carneiro, Karyna Leal Antonio, Morgana Ferreira Voidaleski, Larissa Molina Favarello, Vania Aparecida Vicente, Flávio Queiroz-Telles
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2024
Subjects:
Papiliotrema
fungemia
SARS-CoV-2
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0480-2024
https://doaj.org/article/1b48798036cb479abaaedbcdd196140d
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Summary:ABSTRACT Previously considered saprobe and non-pathogenic, the fungus Papiliotrema laurentii (formerly known as Cryptococcus laurentii), is rarely associated with human infection. Nevertheless, there has been an increase in reported infections by non-neoformans cryptococci. After a literature search on the Cochrane Library, LILACS, SciELO, MEDLINE, PubMed, and PMC (PubMed Central) databases, we conclude that this is the first case report of fungemia and probable meningitis caused by Papiliotrema laurentii in a previously immunocompetent host with associated COVID-19.

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