Epidemiological study of a large cluster of fungaemia cases due to Kodamaea ohmeri in an Indian tertiary care centre

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Chakrabarti, A ^a   Rudramurthy, S M ^a   Kale, P ^a   Hariprasath, P ^a   Dhaliwal, M ^a   Singhi, S ^a   Rao, K L N ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Antifungal susceptibility testing; Candida tropicalis; Candidaemia; Diagnosis; Epidemiology; Fungaemia; Identification; Kodamaea ohmeri; Molecular typing

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CASPOFUNGIN; ECHINOCANDIN; FLUCONAZOLE; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; ITRACONAZOLE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; POSACONAZOLE; RIBOSOME DNA; VORICONAZOLE;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CANDIDEMIA; CHILD; CLAVISPORA LUSITANIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; FUNGEMIA; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; KLUYVEROMYCES MARXIANUS; KODAMAEA OHMERI; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PICHIA GUILLIERMONDII; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES; SCHOOL CHILD; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WICKERHAMOMYCES ANOMALUS;

CANDIDA TROPICALIS; KODAMAEA OHMERI;

ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY TESTING; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CANDIDAEMIA; DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FUNGAEMIA; IDENTIFICATION; KODAMAEA OHMERI; MOLECULAR TYPING;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FEMALE; FUNGEMIA; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR TYPING; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SACCHAROMYCETALES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84892478698     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-0691.12337     Document Type: Article

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