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Candida dubliniensis fungemia: the first four cases in North America.

We report the first four North American cases of Candida dubliniensis fungemia, including the first isolation of this organism from the bloodstream of an HIV-infected person. All isolates were susceptible in vitro to commonly used antifungal drugs. This report demonstrates that C. dubliniensis can c...

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Autores principales: Brandt, M E, Harrison, L H, Pass, M, Sofair, A N, Huie, S, Li, R K, Morrison, C J, Warnock, D W, Hajjeh, R A
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2000
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2627985/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10653569
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author Brandt, M E
Harrison, L H
Pass, M
Sofair, A N
Huie, S
Li, R K
Morrison, C J
Warnock, D W
Hajjeh, R A
author_facet Brandt, M E
Harrison, L H
Pass, M
Sofair, A N
Huie, S
Li, R K
Morrison, C J
Warnock, D W
Hajjeh, R A
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description We report the first four North American cases of Candida dubliniensis fungemia, including the first isolation of this organism from the bloodstream of an HIV-infected person. All isolates were susceptible in vitro to commonly used antifungal drugs. This report demonstrates that C. dubliniensis can cause bloodstream infection; however, the incidence of disease is not known.
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spelling pubmed-26279852009-05-20 Candida dubliniensis fungemia: the first four cases in North America. Brandt, M E Harrison, L H Pass, M Sofair, A N Huie, S Li, R K Morrison, C J Warnock, D W Hajjeh, R A Emerg Infect Dis Research Article We report the first four North American cases of Candida dubliniensis fungemia, including the first isolation of this organism from the bloodstream of an HIV-infected person. All isolates were susceptible in vitro to commonly used antifungal drugs. This report demonstrates that C. dubliniensis can cause bloodstream infection; however, the incidence of disease is not known. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2000 /pmc/articles/PMC2627985/ /pubmed/10653569 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Brandt, M E
Harrison, L H
Pass, M
Sofair, A N
Huie, S
Li, R K
Morrison, C J
Warnock, D W
Hajjeh, R A
Candida dubliniensis fungemia: the first four cases in North America.
title Candida dubliniensis fungemia: the first four cases in North America.
title_full Candida dubliniensis fungemia: the first four cases in North America.
title_fullStr Candida dubliniensis fungemia: the first four cases in North America.
title_full_unstemmed Candida dubliniensis fungemia: the first four cases in North America.
title_short Candida dubliniensis fungemia: the first four cases in North America.
title_sort candida dubliniensis fungemia: the first four cases in north america.
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2627985/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10653569
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