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Lodderomyces elongisporus masquerading as Candida parapsilosis as a cause of bloodstream infections.

Journal of clinical microbiology ·Vol. 46 ·No. 1 ·2008-01-00 ·Pages 374-6

Lockhart SR, Messer SA, Pfaller MA, Diekema DJ

Abstract

Ten yeast bloodstream isolates identified as Candida parapsilosis by conventional methods grew as turquoise blue colonies on Chromagar media. Subsequent sequence analysis showed that these isolates were the species Lodderomyces elongisporus. To our knowledge, this is the first published report of L. elongisporus as a cause of human disease.

MeSH Terms
Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Antifungal Agents/pharmacology DNA, Fungal/chemistry,genetics DNA, Ribosomal/chemistry,genetics Female Fungemia/diagnosis,microbiology Humans Infant, Newborn Male Microbial Sensitivity Tests Middle Aged RNA, Ribosomal/genetics RNA, Ribosomal, 18S/genetics Saccharomycetales/classification,genetics,isolation & purification,metabolism Sequence Analysis, DNA Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
Chemicals
Antifungal Agents DNA, Fungal DNA, Ribosomal RNA, Ribosomal RNA, Ribosomal, 18S RNA, ribosomal, 26S
Authors & Affiliations
4 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Lockhart Shawn R
Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Department of Pathology, 6008 BT GH, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242-1009, USA. [email protected]
Messer Shawn A
Pfaller Michael A
Diekema Daniel J
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Article Info
Journal
Journal of clinical microbiology
Abbr.
J Clin Microbiol
ISSN
1098-660X
DOI
10.1128/JCM.01790-07
Email
[email protected]
Published
2008-01-00
Epub
2007-00-24
Pages
374-6
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
7505564
PMCID
PMC2224306
Subset
IM
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01790-07 PMC Full Text View journal details
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