First case report of bloodstream infection due to a Candida species closely related to the novel species Candida pseudorugosa

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2165-2169

  Taverna, Constanza Giselle ^a   Córdoba, Susana ^a   Isla, Guillermina ^a   Fernández, Norma ^b   García, Susana ^b   Mazza, Mariana ^a   Murisengo, Omar Alejandro ^a   Vivot, Walter ^a   Szusz, Wanda ^a   Davel, Graciela ^a   Tiraboschi, Iris Nora ^b   Bosco Borgeat, Mariá Eugenia ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES INFECCIOSAS   (Argentina)

^b HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS JOSÉ DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B DEOXYCHOLATE; AMPICILLIN; ANIDULAFUNGIN; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CASPOFUNGIN; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; MEROPENEM; POSACONAZOLE; RIBOSOME DNA; TRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; VANCOMYCIN; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; AGAR DIFFUSION; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CANDIDA PSEUDORUGOSA; CANDIDA RUGOSA; CASE REPORT; CATHETER INFECTION; CATHETER REMOVAL; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; DEATH; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GLIOBLASTOMA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEW SPECIES; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; VEIN PUNCTURE;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; AZOLES; CANDIDA; CANDIDEMIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA RUGOSA;

EID: 84862094808     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00167-12     Document Type: Article

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