Candida nivariensis isolated from a renal transplant patient with persistent candiduria - Molecular identification using ITS PCR and MALDI-TOF

Medical Mycology Case Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 156-158

  Gorton, Rebecca L ^a   Jones, Gareth L ^a   Kibbler, Christopher C ^a   Collier, Sophie ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C. nivariensis; Candiduria; ITS; MALDI TOF

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; CASPOFUNGIN; CEFRADINE; FLUCONAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA INCONSPICUA; CANDIDA NIVARIENSIS; CANDIDA NIVARIENSIS INFECTION; CANDIDURIA; CASE REPORT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSURIA; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HEMATURIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; LOWER ABDOMINAL PAIN; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEPHRECTOMY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PERSISTENT INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT DURATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 84888186796     PISSN: 22117539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2013.10.001     Document Type: Article

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