Invasive Malassezia pachydermatis Infection in an 8-Year-Old Child on Lipid Parenteral Nutrition

Zheyi Teoh; Joel Mortensen; Joshua K Schaffzin

doi:10.1155/2022/8636582

Invasive Malassezia pachydermatis Infection in an 8-Year-Old Child on Lipid Parenteral Nutrition

Case Rep Infect Dis. 2022 Jan 20:2022:8636582. doi: 10.1155/2022/8636582. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Zheyi Teoh¹, Joel Mortensen², Joshua K Schaffzin^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
² Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
³ Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA.

Abstract

Invasive disease due to Malassezia pachydermatis infection is uncommon but increasingly recognized in children, especially neonates on parenteral nutrition or immunocompromised children. We describe a case of Malassezia pachydermatis fungemia in a demographically distinct patient and discuss the workup and current strategies for managing this infection in the setting of a central venous catheter.

Publication types

Case Reports