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Khan ZU, Chugh TD

Date: 4 April 2004

Abstract:

ABSTRACT: A retospective review of a five year period (1994 – 1998) revealed that opportunistic mycoses caused by ubiquitous fungal pathogens are a serious problem in the immunocompromised patient population of Kuwait. Patients with renal transplantation and diabetes mellitus were most susceptible to aspergillosis, cryptococcosis, and zygomycosis, whereas patients with candidemia/hematogenous candidiasis had multiple risk factors. Basidiobolomycosis of the rectum in a Bangladeshi male, cryptococcosis due to Cryptococcus neoformans var. gatti in an AIDS patient, fungal peritonitis due to Absidia corymbifera in a patient on peritoneal dialysis, and endocarditis due to Aspergillus terreus detected by direct microscopic examination and culture of the blood clot are some of the notable cases diagnosed during the period under review. The predominance of Candida species other than C. albicans as bloodstream pathogens is another noteworthy observation. Although outbreaks of C. parapsilosis candidemia in neonatal intensive care units contributed significantly to this shift in favour of non-albicans Candida species, a surveillance strategy comprising of molecular, epidemiologic and antifungal susceptibility studies is warranted. With the proposed expansion of organ and bone marrow transplantation facilities in Kuwait, the incidence of opportunistic fungal infections is likely to increase.

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