Rhodotorula spp. isolated from blood cultures: Clinical and microbiological aspects

Medical Mycology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 547-556

  Duboc De Almeida, Gisele M ^a   Figueiredo Costa, Silvia ^a   Melhem, Marcia ^b   Motta, Adriana ^a   Walderez Szeszs, Maria ^b   Miyashita, Fumiko ^b   Pierrotti, Ligia ^a   Rossi, Flávia ^a   Burattini, Marcelo N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antifungal susceptibility testing; Bloodstream infections; Clinical characteristics; Rhodotorula

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B DEOXYCHOLATE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; VORICONAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BRAZIL; BROTH DILUTION; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEATH; FEMALE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGEMIA; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYCOSIS; NEUTROPENIA; NONHUMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHODOTORULA; ROTHIA MUCILAGINOSA; SEPSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BRAZIL; CANDIDIASIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNGEMIA; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHODOTORULA; YOUNG ADULT;

RHODOTORULA MUCILAGINOSA;

EID: 51649083280     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780801972490     Document Type: Article

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