Malassezia pachydermatis fungemia in a preterm neonate resistant to fluconazole and flucytosine

Medical Mycology Case Reports

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 9-11

  Al Sweih, Noura ^a,b   Ahmad, Suhail ^a   Joseph, Leena ^a   Khan, Seema ^b   Khan, Ziauddin ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b AL SABAH HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Fluconazole resistance; Fungemia; Malassezia pachydermatis; Preterm neonate

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; AMPICILLIN; CASPOFUNGIN; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; POSACONAZOLE; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 28S; STEROID; VORICONAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABORTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; FEVER; FUNGEMIA; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; KUWAIT; MALASSEZIA FURFUR; MALASSEZIA PACHYDERMATIS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MIDDLE EAST; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; SEPSIS; STEROID THERAPY; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE DEVICE;

EID: 84901393556     PISSN: 22117539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2014.04.004     Document Type: Article

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