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Unusual fungemia in a patient with metastatic gastric cancer

Journal of Cancer Research and Practice, 2018
Kodamaea ohmeri, a yeast used in food industry, is an emerging opportunist causing sepsis, endocarditis, cellulitis, urinary tract infection, peritonitis. Only 40 cases of Kodamaea ohmeri fungemia were reported worldwide till 2017.
Jeffrey Peng Huang, Kuen-Jou Tsai, Johnson Lin   +2 more
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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.
Ayaka Tashiro, Takahito Nei, Ryoji Sugimoto, Akiko Watanabe, Jun Hagiwara, Toru Takiguchi, Hiroyuki Yokota, Katsuhiko Kamei   +7 more
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A Rare Case of Urinary Tract Fungal Ball Leading to Fungemia and Bilateral Chorioretinitis

Case Reports in Urology, 2020
Background. Fungemia due to obstructive urinary tract fungal ball is exceedingly rare. These patients often have multiple predisposing conditions, including diabetes or antimicrobial exposure. While candiduria can be relatively common in this population,
Christopher Ferari, Chad Crigger, Chad Morley   +2 more
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Investigation of a nosocomial outbreak of fungemia caused by Candida pelliculosa (Pichia anomala) in a Korean tertiary care center

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection, 2018
Background: Candida pelliculosa is a rare pathogen of fungemia. There have been a few nosocomial outbreaks of C. pelliculosa fungemia in nurseries and pediatric intensive care units (ICU), hematologic units, and surgical ICU. We describe an epidemiologic
Jiwon Jung, Young Sook Moon, Jung A. Yoo, Ji-Hun Lim, Joseph Jeong, Jae-Bum Jun   +5 more
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Predicting Fungemia in the ICU: Unveiling the Value of Weekly Fungal Surveillance and Yeast Colonisation Monitoring

Journal of Fungi
Fungemia remains a major threat in intensive care units (ICUs), with high mortality rates despite advances in diagnostics and treatment. Colonisation by yeasts is an independent risk factor for fungemia; however, its predictive utility requires further ...
Pedro Suárez-Urquiza, Javier Pemán, Monica Gordon, Patricio Favier, Paula Muñoz-Brell, Jose Luis López-Hontangas, Alba Ruiz-Gaitán   +6 more
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Risk factors for ophthalmologic involvement and ocular findings in patients diagnosed with fungemia in a high-complexity hospital in the city of Medellín, Colombia

Annals of Medicine, 2022
Purpose To describe the demographic clinical characteristics and to identify the risk factors of patients diagnosed with fungemia and secondary intraocular involvement.Methods Retrospective cohort of 97 patients diagnosed with fungemia and with or ...
Marcos Restrepo Arango, Juan Camilo Cadavid Usuga, Luis Fernando Velazquez Ossa, Jorge Hernando Donado Gómez, Laura Nataly Higuita Duque, Juan Pedro Neira Gomez   +5 more
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Role of serum (1,3)-β-d-glucan assay in early diagnosis of invasive fungal infections in a neonatal intensive care unit

Jornal de Pediatria, 2018
Objectives: To study the microbiological pattern of late onset neonatal sepsis cultures and to assess the diagnostic performance of serum (1,3)-β-d-glucan level for early diagnosis of invasive fungemia in high-risk infants admitted to a neonatal ...
Abd Elazeez Shabaan, Lobna Mahmoud Elbaz, Wafaa M. El-Emshaty, Basma Shouman   +3 more
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In house method for rapid identification of fungi from fungus-positive bottles by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry in patients with bloodstream infection [PDF]

Клиническая микробиология и антимикробная химиотерапия, 2022
Objective. To present the results of using in-house method for rapid identification of fungi from funguspositive bottles with routine conventional culture-based identification by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass ...
Malchikova A.O., Klyasova G.A.
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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 ...
Ting-Yu Tseng, Tsung-Chia Chen, Cheng-Mao Ho, Po-Chang Lin, Chia-Huei Chou, Chia-Ta Tsai, Jen-Hsien Wang, Chih-Yu Chi, Mao-Wang Ho   +8 more
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Saccharomyces cerevisiae fungemia due to an unexpected source in the pediatric intensive care unit

The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 2022
Background. Saccharomyces cerevisiae is one of the microorganisms commonly used as a probiotic. Although it is primarily known as non-pathogenic, it may cause fungemia, particularly in immunocompromised patients or children with a history of long ...
Emrah Gün, Halil Özdemir, Dilara Besli Çelik, Edin Botan, Tanıl Kendirli   +4 more
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