Barros De, J. D. and Nascimento Do, S. M. and Araujo De, F. J. and Rde Braz, F. and Andrade, V. S. and Theelen, B.J.F. and Boekhout, T. and Illnait-Zaragozi, M.T. and Gouveia, M. N. and Fernandes, M. C. and Monteiro, M. G. and Oliveira De, M. T. (2009) Kodamaea (Pichia) ohmeri fungemia in a pediatric patient admitted in a public hospital. Medical Mycology, 47, 775-779. ISSN 1369-3786.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/13693780902980467
Abstract
Kodamaea (Pichia) ohmeri is a yeast species that has not been reported to be a frequent cause of human infections. The current report describes a case of fungemia caused by K. ohmeri in a 3-year-old female patient hospitalized in the public hospital Maria Alice Fernandes, Natal, RN, Brazil. The patient had previously received antimicrobial therapy due to a peritoneal infection and nosocomial pneumonia, and had a central venous catheter implanted. Kodamaea ohmeri was isolated from blood and the tip of the catheter, 48 h after its implantation. The yeast was identified by standard microbiological methods and sequence analysis of the D1/D2 domains and the ITS 1 + 2 spacer regions of the ribosomal DNA. On CHROMagar Candida medium, the isolate showed a color change from pink to blue. The yeast was susceptible to amphotericin B, and liposomal AmB was used successfully to clear the infection.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Institutes: | Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures (CBS) |
| ID Code: | 6882 |
| Deposited On: | 27 Jan 2010 01:00 |
| Last Modified: | 03 Aug 2010 15:25 |
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