An outbreak of Pichia ohmeri infection in the paediatric intensive care unit: Case reports and review of the literature

Mycoses

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 265-269

  Otag, Feza ^a   Kuyucu, Necdet ^a   Erturan, Zayre ^b   Sen, Sebahat ^a   Emekdas, Gurol ^a   Sugita, Takashi ^c  

^a MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c MEIJI PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Candida guilliermondii; Fungaemia; Paediatric intensive care unit; Pichia ohmeri; Unusual yeast infection

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCONAZOLE; MEROPENEM; VANCOMYCIN;

ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ANAMNESIS; B CELL LEUKEMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; ENCEPHALITIS; FEVER; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; LABORATORY TEST; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MYCOSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PICHIA; PICHIA OHMERI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY;

BLOOD; CHILD; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, FUNGAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MYCOSES; PICHIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

PICHIA GUILLIERMONDII; PICHIA OHMERI;

EID: 22044433319     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2005.01126.x     Document Type: Review

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