Outbreak of fungemia among neonates caused by Candida haemulonii resistant to amphotericin B, itraconazole, and fluconazole

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2025-2027

  Khan, Zia U ^a   Al Sweih, Noura A ^a,b   Ahmad, Suhail ^a   Al Kazemi, Nawal ^b   Khan, Seema ^b   Joseph, Leena ^a   Chandy, Rachel ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b AL SABAH HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; AMPICILLIN; CASPOFUNGIN; CLOXACILLIN; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; ITRACONAZOLE; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; RIBOSOME DNA; TAZOBACTAM; VANCOMYCIN; VORICONAZOLE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CANDIDA; CANDIDA HAEMULONII; CASE REPORT; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FUNGEMIA; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; FEMALE; FLUCONAZOLE; FUNGEMIA; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; ITRACONAZOLE; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CANDIDA HAEMULONII;

EID: 34250679743     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00222-07     Document Type: Article

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