A rare case report of central line-associated bloodstream infection caused by Cryptococcus arboriformis

Yoshiro HadanoHajime YoshiiMichio HayashiHiroshi OonoReiko TanakaRakuwakai Otowa HospitalMahidol UniversityChiba University2018-11-232018-11-232015-01-01Internal Medicine. Vol.54, No.9 (2015), 1141-114313497235091829182-s2.0-84928953495https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/36788© 2015 The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine. Cryptococcus arboriformis (C. arboriformis) is a novel Cryptococcus species belonging to the genus Trichosporonales. This novel species was identified definitively in 2007 using D1/D2 26S ribosomal DNA gene sequencing. In this article, we present a rare case of central line-associated bloodstream infection caused by C. arboriformis with successful treatment of this infection.Mahidol UniversityMedicineA rare case report of central line-associated bloodstream infection caused by Cryptococcus arboriformisArticleSCOPUS10.2169/internalmedicine.54.3664