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Malassezia pachydermatis fungemia in a preterm neonate resistant to fluconazole and flucytosine

A case of Malassezia pachydermatis fungemia in a preterm neonate is described. The isolate was identified by rDNA sequencing and was resistant to fluconazole and flucytosine. Since M. pachydermatis does not require lipid supplementation for growth, it can be misidentified as a Candida species. The r...

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Autores principales: Al-Sweih, Noura, Ahmad, Suhail, Joseph, Leena, Khan, Seema, Khan, Ziauddin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4052354/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24936403
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2014.04.004