Mixed bloodstream infection with Staphylococcus aureus and Penicillium chrysogenum in an immunocompromised patient: case report and review of the literature

E Swoboda-Kopec; M M Wroblewska; A Rokosz; M Luczak

doi:10.1046/j.1469-0691.2003.00718.x

Mixed bloodstream infection with Staphylococcus aureus and Penicillium chrysogenum in an immunocompromised patient: case report and review of the literature

Clin Microbiol Infect. 2003 Nov;9(11):1116-7. doi: 10.1046/j.1469-0691.2003.00718.x.

Authors

E Swoboda-Kopec¹, M M Wroblewska, A Rokosz, M Luczak

Affiliation

¹ Microbiology Laboratory, Central Clinical Hospital, Warsaw, Poland. ewaswoboda@poczta.onet.pl

PMID: 14616728
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0691.2003.00718.x

Abstract

We report a case of an immunocompromised patient who developed a mixed bacterial-fungal bloodstream infection involving Staphylococcus aureus and Penicillium chrysogenum. To date, no reports of such mixed bloodstream infection have been found.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Fatal Outcome
Humans
Immunocompromised Host
Male
Penicillium chrysogenum / growth & development*
Sepsis / microbiology*
Staphylococcal Infections / immunology
Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology*
Staphylococcus aureus / growth & development*