Journal of Blood & Lymph

Faiz A

Publications

• Case Report
  A Trichosporon asahii Bloodstream Infection in a Preterm Newborn with a Successful Outcome: A Case Report
  Author(s): Bukhari MA, Abdelrazek SAM, Abeer H El-Shalakany and Faiz ABukhari MA, Abdelrazek SAM, Abeer H El-Shalakany and Faiz A
  
  Trichosporon asahii is a rare opportunistic fungal pathogen that causes fatal systemic infections in immunocompromised patients. We have reported a case of T. asahii fungemia in a low birth weight preterm newborn baby in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). This case of T. asahii fungemia was unresponsive to treatment with a combination of Amphotericin B and Fluconazole. However, Treatment with a combination of Voriconazole and Caspofungin was successfully eliminated the fungus from the blood of the infected patient... Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2165-7831.1000157

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