Infection in a neonate caused by Pichia fabianii: Importance of molecular identification

Medical Mycology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 185-187

  Bhally, H S ^a   Jain, S ^a   Shields, C ^a   Halsey, N ^a   Cristofalo, E ^a   Merz, William G ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Neonatal infection; Pichia

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBOHYDRATE; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; RIBOSOME DNA;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD VESSEL CATHETERIZATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL FEATURE; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FERMENTATION TECHNIQUE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; IN VITRO STUDY; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG DYSPLASIA; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MYCOSIS; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PHENOTYPE; PICHIA; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEPSIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TWINS;

FUNGI; PICHIA; PICHIA FABIANII;

EID: 31344449266     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780500160793     Document Type: Article

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