Septicemia due to Torulopsis glabrata
Bergogne-Berezin, E.; Slim, A.; Benhamou, G.
La Semaine des Hopitaux Organe Fonde Par l'Association d'Enseignement Medical des Hopitaux de Paris 52(3): 147-151
1976
ISSN/ISBN: 0037-1777 PMID: 186871 Document Number: 96768
The authors report a case of fungal septicemia due to Torulopsis glabrata, an unusual cause of fungus infections. This case was of interest clinically in view of the duration and tenacity of the infection on a surgical unit, where repeated blood cultures were positive for Torulopsis glabrata and the fungus was isolated from other samples during the same period. In the laboratory, the species identified was a common saprophyte of the mucosae and natural cavities of man; it seems to be only rarely pathogenic. Finally the course marked by numerous relapses was later favourable thanks to the use of antifungal agents chosen in the light of laboratory examinations.