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| Fungemia | |
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| Other names | Fungaemia |
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| Cryptococcus yeasts in circulating granulocytes | |
| Specialty | Infectious disease |
Fungemia is the presence of fungi or yeast in the blood. The most common type, also known as candidemia, candedemia, or systemic candidiasis, is caused by Candida species. Candidemia is also among the most common bloodstream infections of any kind.[1] Infections by other fungi, including Saccharomyces, Aspergillus (as in aspergillemia, also called invasive aspergillosiis) and Cryptococcus, are also called fungemia. It is most commonly seen in immunosuppressed or immunocompromised patients with severe neutropenia, cancer patients, or in patients with intravenous catheters. It has been suggested that otherwise immunocompetent patients taking infliximab may also be at a higher risk.
Diagnosis is difficult, as routine blood cultures have poor sensitivity.[2]
- ^ "Statistics". Invasive Candidiasis. United States: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 13 November 2019. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
- ^ Clancy CJ, Nguyen MH (1 May 2013). "Finding the "Missing 50%" of Invasive Candidiasis: How Nonculture Diagnostics Will Improve Understanding of Disease Spectrum and Transform Patient Care". Clinical Infectious Diseases. 56 (9): 1284–1292. doi:10.1093/cid/cit006. PMID 23315320.