Lodderomyces elongisporus masquerading as Candida parapsilosis as a cause of bloodstream infections

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 374-376

  Lockhart, Shawn R ^a,b   Messer, Shawn A ^a   Pfaller, Michael A ^a   Diekema, Daniel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; FEMALE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; LODDEROMYCES ELONGIPORUS; MALE; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED MICROSATELLITE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; FUNGEMIA; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SACCHAROMYCETALES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; LODDEROMYCES ELONGISPORUS;

EID: 38149072184     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01790-07     Document Type: Article

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