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Catheter-related fungemia due to Candida thermophila.

ABSTRACT: We report a case of bloodstream infection caused by Candida thermophila, a yeast not previously associated with human disease. The infection occurred in a 13-year-old boy with medulloblastoma who presented with 1 day of fever. Multiple blood cultures were positive for yeast. Removal of the catheter resulted in prompt resolution of the fever and sterilization of the blood cultures. The species was identified by sequencing domains 1 and 2 of the large subunit rRNA gene. Antifungal susceptibility testing was also performed.

SUBMITTER: Bar-Meir M

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1594625 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Catheter-related fungemia due to Candida thermophila.

Bar-Meir Maskit M Sutton Deanna A DA Wickes Brian B Kurtzman Cletus P CP Goldman Stewart S Zheng Xiaotian X

Journal of clinical microbiology 20060801 8

We report a case of bloodstream infection caused by Candida thermophila, a yeast not previously associated with human disease. The infection occurred in a 13-year-old boy with medulloblastoma who presented with 1 day of fever. Multiple blood cultures were positive for yeast. Removal of the catheter resulted in prompt resolution of the fever and sterilization of the blood cultures. The species was identified by sequencing domains 1 and 2 of the large subunit rRNA gene. Antifungal susceptibility t ...[more]

PMID: 16891536

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