Catheter-Related Fungemia by Hansenula anomala

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To the Editor.—We read with great interest the timely report of two cases of fungemia and the review of the literature on infections byHansenula anomalaby Klein et al.1Fifteen cases of isolation of this yeast from blood have been reported, four of which are claimed to be catheter related. However, none of these fulfill the currently accepted criteria for catheter-related septicemia based on the presence of a significant quantitative and semiquantitative culture of the catheter tip.2,3We have recently had an occasion to attend a patient withH anomalafungemia whose origin in the Hickman catheter was well documented. Report of a Case.—A 51-year-old woman with acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3) in complete remission was admitted to the hospital with a five-day history of high fever. A Hickman catheter-related sepsis caused byStaphylococcus epidermidiswas detected, and she received a 15-day course of vancomycin intravenously

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