Torulopsis glabrata fungemia from infected transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt stent.

Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts (TIPS) are used to manage multiple complications of portal hypertension. Accounts of infection of TIPS stents are uncommon. The literature reports two cases of TIPS-associated Torulopsis glabrata (Candida glabrata) fungemia; both patients died within a year of TIPS placement despite therapy with intravenous antifungal agents. This report describes the successful long-term survival of a patient with Torulopsis TIPS stent infection.