| Title | Kodamaea (Pichia) ohmeri fungemia in a pediatric patient admitted in a public hospital. | | Author(s) | De Barros JD, Do Nascimento SM, Silva De Araújo FJ, Dos Santos Braz Rde F, Andrade VS, Theelen B, Boekhout T, Illnait-Zaragozi MT, Gouveia MN, Fernandes MC, Lins Monteiro MG, De Oliveira MT | | Institution | Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte- Natal, Brazil. | | Source | Med Mycol 2009 Nov; 47(7):775-9. | | Abstract | Abstract Kodamaea (Pichia) ohmeri is a yeast species that has not been reported to be a frequent cause of human infections. The current report describes a case of fungemia caused by K. ohmeri in a 3-year-old female patient hospitalized in the public hospital Maria Alice Fernandes, Natal, RN, Brazil. The patient had previously received antimicrobial therapy due to a peritoneal infection and nosocomial pneumonia, and had a central venous catheter implanted. Kodamaea ohmeri was isolated from blood and the tip of the catheter, 48 h after its implantation. The yeast was identified by standard microbiological methods and sequence analysis of the D1/D2 domains and the ITS 1 + 2 spacer regions of the ribosomal DNA. On CHROMagar Candida medium, the isolate showed a color change from pink to blue. The yeast was susceptible to amphotericin B, and liposomal AmB was used successfully to clear the infection. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 19888811 |
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