Three cases of fungemia in hiv-infected patients diagnosed through the use of mycobacterial blood culture bottles

7Citations
Citations of this article
17Readers
Mendeley users who have this article in their library.

Abstract

We treated three cases of fungemia in HIV-infected patients. These cases were caused by Candida albicans, Cryptococcus neoformans, and Penicillium marneffei, respectively, and all were diagnosed through the use of mycobacterial blood culture bottles. Although the detection of the etiologic agents of fungal infection is difficult, it has been shown that blood culture media for mycobacteria are more effective for the detection of fungemia than media for aerobes and anaerobes. Some reports have shown that Bactec Myco/F lytic bottles were useful for the diagnosis of fungemia in clinical samples. Here, we report the successful use of BacT MB bottles. © 2010 The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine.

Cite

CITATION STYLE

APA

Taniguchi, T., Ogawa, Y., Kasai, D., Watanabe, D., Yoshikawa, K., Bando, H., … Shirasaka, T. (2010). Three cases of fungemia in hiv-infected patients diagnosed through the use of mycobacterial blood culture bottles. Internal Medicine, 49(19), 2179–2183. https://doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.49.3811

Register to see more suggestions

Mendeley helps you to discover research relevant for your work.

Already have an account?

Save time finding and organizing research with Mendeley

Sign up for free