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Biomédica

versão impressa ISSN 0120-4157versão On-line ISSN 2590-7379

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ALVAREZ-RODRIGUEZ, José Camilo et al. Geotrichosis: fungemia in a patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Biomed. [online]. 2023, vol.43, suppl.1, pp.32-40.  Epub 31-Ago-2023. ISSN 0120-4157.  https://doi.org/10.7705/biomedica.6779.

Fungemia caused by Geotrichum spp. is rare and highly lethal. The Instituto Nacional de Cancerología in Bogotá reported just two cases: one in the period 2001-2007 and the other in 2012-2018. This type of infection is more common in any kind of immunocompromised patients, so it can occur in those with hematological malignancies.

Here we present the case of a 27-year-old man, diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in relapse and admitted with polyarthralgia for five days, febrile neutropenia, non- abscessed cellulitis, and bacteremia due to methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus. The patient received therapy with oxacillin and cefepime, but the febrile neutropenia persisted. A new set of blood cultures was taken, and antifungal treatment was started because of the suspicion of invasive fungal infection. Arthroconidia were identified in blood cultures and Geotrichum spp. was confirmed using matrix-assisted laser desorption-ionization mass spectrometry. The antifungal treatment was adjusted with amphotericin B deoxycholate for 14 days and voriconazole for four weeks, and after a prolonged stay, the patient was discharged. Although the incidence of fungemia caused by Geotrichum spp. is low, it must be considered in patients with hematological malignancies and persistent febrile neutropenia despite the broadspectrum antimicrobial treatment. The confirmation of fungemia causing agents, with proteomic tools such as the mentioned mass spectrometry, allows treatment adjustment and decreases complications, hospital stay, and mortality.

Palavras-chave : Geotrichosis; fungemia; precursor cell lymphoblastic leukemialymphoma; amphotericin B; voriconazole; spectrometry, mass, matrix-assisted laser desorption-ionization.

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