TY - JOUR
T1 - Kodamaea (Pichia) ohmeri fungemia in a pediatric patient admitted in a public hospital
AU - De Barros, Jadson Duque
AU - Do Nascimento, Suerda Maria Nogueira
AU - Silva De Araújo, Fernanda Janaína
AU - Dos Santos Braz, Regina De Fátima
AU - Andrade, Vania Sousa
AU - Theelen, Bart
AU - Boekhout, Teun
AU - Illnait-Zaragozi, Maria Teresa
AU - Gouveia, Maria Narriman Guimarães
AU - Fernandes, Maria Conçeião
AU - Lins Monteiro, Maria Goretti
AU - De Oliveira, Maria Tereza Barreto
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Epidemiology
KW - Fungemia
KW - Kodamaea ohmeri
KW - Liposomal amphotericin B
KW - Nosocomial infection
KW - Yeast
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U2 - 10.3109/13693780902980467
DO - 10.3109/13693780902980467
M3 - Article
C2 - 19888811
AN - SCOPUS:71049122894
SN - 1369-3786
VL - 47
SP - 775
EP - 779
JO - Medical mycology
JF - Medical mycology
IS - 7
ER -
