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Fungemia due to Aureobasidium pullulans

Medical Mycology Case Reports, 2022
Aureobasidium pullulans is a yeast-like dematiaceous fungus ubiquitous in nature. It is a rare cause of skin and soft tissue infection, peritonitis, and catheter-related fungemia in certain human hosts. We report a case of recurrent A. pullulans catheter-
Malleswari Ravi, Christopher A Jankowski, Jorge Verdecia   +2 more
exaly   +5 more sources

Prevalence of Fungemia in People with HIV: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [PDF]

Microorganisms
Prior to the introduction of antiretroviral therapy (ART), people with HIV (PWH) had high risk of fungemia. No systematic review has assessed the prevalence of fungemia in PWH after the introduction of combination ART in 1996.
Asta Maria Blom Nielsen, Kristiana Alexandrova Nikolova, Tea Nynne Sanders, Ask Bock, Moises Alberto Suarez-Zdunek, Susanne Dam Nielsen   +5 more
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Clinical Significance of Rare Non-Candida Yeasts in Pediatric Fungemia: A Retrospective Analysis [PDF]

Journal of Fungi
Background: Fungemia caused by non-Candida yeasts is rare but represents an emerging clinical problem that remains less well recognized and studied. These organisms often exhibit intrinsic resistance or reduced susceptibility to commonly used empirical ...
Gül Arga, Halil Özdemir, Duygu Öcal, Elif Somuncu, Hülya Akat, Döndü Nilay Penezoğlu, Hatice Belkıs İnceli, Yasemin Ezgi Köstekçi, Hasan Fatih Çakmaklı, Merve Havan, Sonay İncesoy Özdemir, Tanıl Kendirli, Mehmet Ertem, Nurdan Taçyıldız, Ergin Çiftçi   +14 more
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Saccharomyces cerevisiae var. boulardii fungemia following probiotic treatment

Medical Mycology Case Reports, 2017
Probiotics are commonly prescribed as an adjuvant in the treatment of antibiotic-associated diarrhea caused by Clostridium difficile. We report the case of an immunocompromised 73-year-old patient on chemotherapy who developed Saccharomyces cerevisiae ...
Marcelo Appel-Da-Silva
exaly   +3 more sources

Kodamaea ohmeri fungemia in severe burn: Case study and literature review

Medical Mycology Case Reports, 2018
Kodamaea ohmeri is a relatively rare yeast isolated form clinical specimens, and it is known to be a causative fungus of severe invasive infectious diseases in immunocompromised hosts. Herein, we describe fungemia due to K.
Takahito Nei, Katsuhiko Kamei, Toru Takiguchi   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Cryptococcus laurentii Fungemia

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology, 2013
In the last few years there has been an increasing incidence of infection due to non-neoformans Cryptococcus spp. especially in immunocompromised host. Cryptococcus laurentii is a non-neoformans Cryptococcus which has rarely been known to cause bacteremia and pulmonary infection in humans. Here we report a case of fungemia due to Cryptococcus laurentii.
Anchal Thakur
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Clinical features, antifungal susceptibility, and outcome of Candida guilliermondii fungemia: An experience in a tertiary hospital in mid-Taiwan

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection, 2018
Backgrounds: Candida guilliermondii is rarely isolated from clinical specimen. C. guilliermondii fungemia is seldom reported in the literature. The aims of this study were to report the clinical features, antifungal susceptibility, and outcomes of ...
Chih-Yu Chi, Ting-Yu Tseng, Tsung-Chia Chen   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Fungemia in a university hospital: an epidemiological approach [PDF]

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2011
INTRODUCTION: Fungemia corresponds to the isolation of fungi in the bloodstream and occurs mostly in immunosuppressed patients. The early diagnosis and treatment of these infections are relevant given the serious threat to the affected patients and ...
Fabíola Maria Marques do Couto, Daniele Patrícia Cerqueira Macedo, Rejane Pereira Neves   +2 more
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Scheffersomyces spartinae Fungemia among Pediatric Patients, Pakistan, 2020–2024 [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases
Prevalence of emerging fungal infections is increasing, particularly among immunocompromised persons, children, and older persons. We report 108 cases of Scheffersomyces spartinae infection in pediatric patients from Karachi and other cities in Pakistan,
Kauser Jabeen, Joveria Farooqi, Lacy M. Simons, Judd F. Hultquist, Ramon Lorenzo-Redondo, Charlesnika T. Evans, Erica M. Hartmann, Mohammad Hanif, Zahra Hasan, Syed Faisal Mahmood, Javaria Ashraf, Hassan Ghayas, Sadaf Zaka, Noureen Saeed, Sayed Ali Raza Shah Bukhari, Mehreen Arshad, Larry K. Kociolek, Sameer J. Patel, Rumina Hasan, Egon A. Ozer   +19 more
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Three Successfully Treated Cases of Lodderomyces elongisporus Fungemia: Case Reports and a Review of the Literature

Microorganisms, 2023
Fungemia is a fatal systemic infection that can occur in immunocompromised patients. Despite that, antifungal stewardship is spreading widely, but the mortality rate is extremely high, showing 40–60%.
Nobuhiro Asai, Yuichi Shibata, Akiko Nakamura, Hiroyuki Suematsu, Atsuko Yamada, Tomoko Ohno, Daisuke Sakanashi, Yuzuka Kawamoto, Narimi Miyazaki, Isao Koita, Hideo Kato, Mao Hagihara, Hirotoshi Ohta, Hiroshige Mikamo   +13 more
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