{"title":"Tratamiento antifúngico individualizado en el paciente crítico con infección fúngica invasora","authors":"Rafael Zaragoza , Emilio Maseda , Javier Pemán","doi":"10.1016/j.riam.2021.04.006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.riam.2021.04.006","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Invasive candidiasis (IC) is the most common invasive fungal infection (IFI) affecting critically ill patients, followed by invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA). International guidelines provide different recommendations for a first-line antifungal therapy and, in most of them, echinocandins are considered the first-line treatment for IC, and triazoles are so for the treatment of IPA. However, liposomal amphotericin<!--> <!-->B (L-AmB) is still considered a second-line therapy for both clinical entities. Although in the last decade the management of IFI has improved, several controversies persist. The antifungal drugs currently available may have a suboptimal activity, or be wrongly used in certain IFI involving critically ill patients. The aim of this review is to analyze when to provide individualized antifungal therapy to critically ill patients suffering from IFI, emphasizing the role of L-AmB. Drug-drug interactions, the clinical status, infectious foci (peritoneal candidiasis is discussed), the fungal species involved, and the need of monitoring the concentration of the antifungal drug in the patient are considered.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":21291,"journal":{"name":"Revista Iberoamericana De Micologia","volume":"38 2","pages":"Pages 68-74"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2021-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.riam.2021.04.006","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91621748","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
José Tiago Silva , Isabel Ruiz-Camps , José María Aguado
{"title":"Evolución de la infección fúngica invasora en los últimos 30 años","authors":"José Tiago Silva , Isabel Ruiz-Camps , José María Aguado","doi":"10.1016/j.riam.2021.03.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.riam.2021.03.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Clinical mycology is in continuous development. The appearance of new clinical guidelines has made it possible to improve the approach to opportunistic fungal infections, especially in immunosuppressed patients (oncohematological and/or transplant recipients). At the same time, the development of new diagnostic tools and new antifungals with a greater spectrum of action and fewer side effects have led to faster diagnoses and treatments that are more effective. Along with these advances, there has been a change in the epidemiology of invasive fungal infection (IFI), with the appearance of new patients (e.g., COPD, liver cirrhosis, post-influenza) and new microorganisms (<em>Candida auris</em>, <em>Lomentospora prolificans</em>, mucorales), and resistant fungi (isolates of <em>Aspergillus</em> resistant to azoles) which the clinician must take into account when choosing the treatment of a patient with an IFI. In this paper we will briefly review the advances in recent decades and the emerging problems.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":21291,"journal":{"name":"Revista Iberoamericana De Micologia","volume":"38 2","pages":"Pages 47-51"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2021-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.riam.2021.03.003","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91621751","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Antifúngicos de uso sistémico","authors":"Inmaculada Quiles-Melero, Julio García-Rodríguez","doi":"10.1016/j.riam.2021.04.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.riam.2021.04.004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Las infecciones fúngicas invasivas han aumentado en las últimas décadas y las opciones terapéuticas para combatirlas son limitadas. Los agentes antifúngicos empleados son útiles y tienen óptima actividad <em>in vitro</em>, pero pierden eficacia debido al desarrollo de resistencias por parte de los hongos. El incremento de especies con resistencia primaria o secundaria a algunos fármacos antifúngicos ha generado la necesidad de desarrollar nuevas formulaciones o recurrir a alternativas como la combinación de fármacos. En este artículo se revisará el espectro de actividad de las principales familias de antifúngicos, polienos, azoles, equinocandinas, 5-fluorocitosina y nuevos fármacos antifúngicos, así como los mecanismos de resistencia descritos contra los mismos.</p></div><div><p>Invasive fungal infections have increased over the last decades and the therapeutic choices to treat them are limited. The antifungal agents currently available are useful and have optimal in vitro activity; however, their activity can be lowered due to the development of fungal resistance. The increase in primary or secondary resistance to some antifungal drugs has led to the search of alternatives such as the combination of drugs or the development of new antifungals. In this paper, the activity of the main families of antifungal drugs, polyenes, azoles, echinocandins, 5-fluorocytosine and other new antifungal drugs, are reviewed. The main resistance mechanisms developed by fungi are also described.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":21291,"journal":{"name":"Revista Iberoamericana De Micologia","volume":"38 2","pages":"Pages 42-46"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2021-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.riam.2021.04.004","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39209636","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Seguridad clínica de la anfotericina B liposomal","authors":"Borja Suberviola","doi":"10.1016/j.riam.2021.02.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.riam.2021.02.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This article reviews the safety profile of liposomal amphotericin B, emphasizing the renal toxicity; the risk factors for its presentation, incidence, severity, and potential reversibility are expounded.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":21291,"journal":{"name":"Revista Iberoamericana De Micologia","volume":"38 2","pages":"Pages 56-60"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2021-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.riam.2021.02.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91621752","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Exophiala dermatitidis as a cause of central line associated bloodstream infection in an infant: Case report and literature review","authors":"Anil Kumar , Aswathy Nandakumar , Sajitha Nair , Ashutosh Singh , Nandita Shashindran , Swathy Thulasidharan , Kiran Subhash , Arya Ramachandran , Anuradha Chowdhary","doi":"10.1016/j.riam.2020.09.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.riam.2020.09.004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p><span><em>Exophiala</em><em> dermatitidis</em></span><span> is a dematiaceous fungus known to cause superficial, subcutaneous, cutaneous and deep seated infections, and rarely central line associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI). A case of CLABSI due to </span><em>E. dermatitidis</em> in an infant is described.</p></div><div><h3>Case report</h3><p>Clinical and laboratory data were extracted from patient's chart and laboratory records. The isolate was identified as <em>E. dermatitidis</em><span><span> by phenotypic characterization and sequencing of the ITS and </span>LSU regions of the ribosomal DNA. Medline search was done to review all cases of CLABSI due to </span><em>E. dermatitidis</em><span>. Among the azoles tested, posaconazole (0.06</span> <!-->mg/l), voriconazole (0.03<!--> <!-->mg/l) and itraconazole (0.03<!--> <!-->mg/l) showed very low MICs when compared to fluconazole (4<!--> <!-->mg/l)</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>As we did not found in the literature any case of CLABSI due to <em>E. dermatitidis</em> in an infant, we report the first one. Sequencing is a mandatory method for accurately identifying this species. Prompt removal of the central line, followed by a treatment with amphotericin B or an azole, seems to be the most effective treatment.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":21291,"journal":{"name":"Revista Iberoamericana De Micologia","volume":"38 1","pages":"Pages 12-15"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.riam.2020.09.004","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38339676","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Problemas clínicos en Micología Médica: problema número 55","authors":"Mercedes Romero , Fernando Messina , Roxana Depardo , Emmanuel Marín , Alicia Arechavala , Nicolás Lista , Alejandra Rodríguez , Gabriela Santiso","doi":"10.1016/j.riam.2020.10.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.riam.2020.10.004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A 31-year-old woman, with signs of HIV infection (oral thrush, weight loss, asthenia) presented to our hospital with dyspnea and fever. A rapid HIV test yielded a positive result, and cryptococcal capsular antigen was detected in serum. In the mycological study of the clinical respiratory samples, yeasts compatible with <em>Cryptococcus</em> were observed under light microscope in a wet mount; structures compatible with <em>Pneumocystis jirovecii</em> were also observed in Giemsa stain. Treatment for both pathologies was prescribed but, unfortunately, the patient died 7 days after. The finding of two etiologic agents in the same clinical picture is rare but not exceptional, and it always must be considered in immunocompromised hosts.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":21291,"journal":{"name":"Revista Iberoamericana De Micologia","volume":"38 1","pages":"Pages 23-26"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.riam.2020.10.004","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38851648","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Paulo Mendes Peçanha , Isabela Cruz Bahiense , Wdson Luis Lima Kruschewsky , Cláudia Biasutti , Carlos Urbano Gonçalves Ferreira Júnior , Breno Gonçalves Pinheiro , Simone Bravim Maifrede , Zoilo Pires de Camargo , Anderson Messias Rodrigues , Tânia Regina Grão-Velloso , Aloísio Falqueto , Sarah Santos Gonçalves
{"title":"Paracoccidioidomycosis due to Paracoccidioides brasiliensis S1 associated with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: A case report","authors":"Paulo Mendes Peçanha , Isabela Cruz Bahiense , Wdson Luis Lima Kruschewsky , Cláudia Biasutti , Carlos Urbano Gonçalves Ferreira Júnior , Breno Gonçalves Pinheiro , Simone Bravim Maifrede , Zoilo Pires de Camargo , Anderson Messias Rodrigues , Tânia Regina Grão-Velloso , Aloísio Falqueto , Sarah Santos Gonçalves","doi":"10.1016/j.riam.2020.09.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.riam.2020.09.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) is an endemic disease in Latin America. In immunocompetent hosts, PCM occurs in two main clinical forms: acute and chronic. However, in HIV-infected patients PCM may show up simultaneous manifestations of acute and chronic forms.</p></div><div><h3>Case report</h3><p>We present the case of a patient diagnosed with HIV who had disseminated skin lesions and generalized lymphadenopathy, as well as respiratory and central nervous system involvement. The PCM diagnosis was confirmed by direct KOH examination, double immunodiffusion and the isolation of the fungus in samples of an abscess in the subcostal region. The isolate was identified as <span><em>Paracoccidioides</em><em> brasiliensis</em></span> S1 by species-specific PCR using primers for protein-coding gene <em>GP43</em> (exon 2) followed by PCR-RFLP of the alpha-tubulin gene.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>There are few data in literature reporting species-specific molecular identification of <em>Paracoccidioides</em> in HIV/PCM patients. Therefore, this case report may contribute to improve the knowledge about this severe disease, its causative cryptic species, and its consequences to patients.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":21291,"journal":{"name":"Revista Iberoamericana De Micologia","volume":"38 1","pages":"Pages 5-8"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.riam.2020.09.003","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38371663","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Gabriela María Santiso , Fernando Messina , Andrea Gallo , Emmanuel Marín , Roxana Depardo , Alicia Arechavala , Laura Walker , Ricardo Negroni , María Mercedes Romero
{"title":"Tongue lesion due to Cryptococcus neoformans as the first finding in an HIV-positive patient","authors":"Gabriela María Santiso , Fernando Messina , Andrea Gallo , Emmanuel Marín , Roxana Depardo , Alicia Arechavala , Laura Walker , Ricardo Negroni , María Mercedes Romero","doi":"10.1016/j.riam.2020.10.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.riam.2020.10.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Cryptococcosis is a severe universally distributed mycosis which mainly affects immunocompromised hosts. This mycosis is caused by yeasts of two species complex of the genus <span><em>Cryptococcus</em></span>: <span><em>Cryptococcus neoformans</em></span> and <span><em>Cryptococcus gattii</em></span>. Meningeal cryptococcosis is the most frequent clinical presentation of this disseminated mycosis. The oral mucosa involvement is extremely unusual.</p></div><div><h3>Case report</h3><p>We present a case of cryptococcosis with an unusual clinical form. The patient was assisted because she had an ulcerated lesion on the lingual mucosa. Encapsulated yeasts compatible with <em>Cryptococcus</em> were found in microscopic exams of wet preparations from lingual ulcer clinical samples obtained for cytodiagnosis and mycological studies. <em>Cryptococcus neoformans</em> (<em>C. neoformans</em> var. <em>grubii</em> VNI) was isolated in culture. This patient did not know her condition of HIV seropositive before the appearance of the tongue lesion.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>The involvement of the oral mucosa is uncommon in this fungal infection, but is important to include it in the differential diagnosis in HIV positive patients.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":21291,"journal":{"name":"Revista Iberoamericana De Micologia","volume":"38 1","pages":"Pages 19-22"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.riam.2020.10.003","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38772770","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ringworm in cats and dogs: New guidelines","authors":"F. Javier Cabañes","doi":"10.1016/j.riam.2020.02.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.riam.2020.02.003","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21291,"journal":{"name":"Revista Iberoamericana De Micologia","volume":"38 1","pages":"Pages 1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.riam.2020.02.003","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37963282","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Judith Díaz-García , Maiken C. Arendrup , Rafael Cantón , Julio García-Rodríguez , Elia Gómez García de la Pedrosa , Gabriella Parisi , Javier Pemán , Brunella Posteraro , Maurizio Sanguinetti , Daniel Archimedes Da Matta , Arnaldo L. Colombo , Patricia Muñoz , Carlos Sánchez-Carrillo , Jesús Guinea , Pilar Escribano
{"title":"Lack of relationship between genotype and virulence in Candida species","authors":"Judith Díaz-García , Maiken C. Arendrup , Rafael Cantón , Julio García-Rodríguez , Elia Gómez García de la Pedrosa , Gabriella Parisi , Javier Pemán , Brunella Posteraro , Maurizio Sanguinetti , Daniel Archimedes Da Matta , Arnaldo L. Colombo , Patricia Muñoz , Carlos Sánchez-Carrillo , Jesús Guinea , Pilar Escribano","doi":"10.1016/j.riam.2020.10.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.riam.2020.10.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>The virulence of isolates among different <em>Candida</em><span> species causing candidemia may play a role in the prognosis of the patients. Furthermore, the potential relationship between genotype and virulence is still unclear and need to be further studied.</span></p></div><div><h3>Aims</h3><p>We aim to assess the relationship between genotype and virulence in <em>Candida</em> species using a <span><em>Galleria mellonella</em></span> larvae infection model.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>One hundred and ninety-four isolates from 68 clusters (<span><em>Candida albicans</em></span>, 114/41; <span><em>Candida parapsilosis</em></span>, 74/24; <span><em>Candida tropicalis</em></span>, 6/3) were compared against the same number of each species singleton genotypes in terms of survival of <em>G. mellonella</em> larvae.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>The median of survival and the IQR ranges of clusters and singleton were as follows: <em>C. albicans</em> (2 days, IQR 1.5–2 <em>vs.</em> 2 days, IQR 1–2.25), <em>C. parapsilosis</em> (2 days, IQR 1.5–2.6 <em>vs.</em> 2 days, IQR 2–3.3), and <em>C. tropicalis</em> (1 day, IQR 1–3.5 <em>vs.</em> 2 days, IQR 2–3.5; <em>p</em> <!--><<!--> <!-->0.05). High intra-cluster variability in terms of median of survival was found regardless the species.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>No relationship between genotype and virulence in <em>Candida</em> was observed with the <em>G. mellonella</em> model.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":21291,"journal":{"name":"Revista Iberoamericana De Micologia","volume":"38 1","pages":"Pages 9-11"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.riam.2020.10.002","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38747337","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}