Emergence of Blastoschizomyces capitatus Yeast Infections, Central Europe

We report 5 cases of disseminated infection caused by Blastoschizomyces capitatus yeast in central Switzerland. The emergence of this yeast in an area in which it is not known to be endemic should alert clinicians caring for immunocompromised patients outside the Mediterranean region to consider inf...

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Autores principales: Birrenbach, Tanja, Bertschy, Sonja, Aebersold, Franziska, Mueller, Nicolas J., Achermann, Yvonne, Muehlethaler, Konrad, Zimmerli, Stefan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2012
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3310123/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22261201
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1801.111192
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Sumario:We report 5 cases of disseminated infection caused by Blastoschizomyces capitatus yeast in central Switzerland. The emergence of this yeast in an area in which it is not known to be endemic should alert clinicians caring for immunocompromised patients outside the Mediterranean region to consider infections caused by unfamiliar fungal pathogens.

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