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
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author Al-Sweih, Noura
Ahmad, Suhail
Joseph, Leena
Khan, Seema
Khan, Ziauddin
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description 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 report highlights M. pachydermatis as a cause of late onset sepsis in preterm neonates and emphasizes the need for prior antifungal susceptibility testing.
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spelling pubmed-40523542014-06-16 Malassezia pachydermatis fungemia in a preterm neonate resistant to fluconazole and flucytosine Al-Sweih, Noura Ahmad, Suhail Joseph, Leena Khan, Seema Khan, Ziauddin Med Mycol Case Rep Article 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 report highlights M. pachydermatis as a cause of late onset sepsis in preterm neonates and emphasizes the need for prior antifungal susceptibility testing. Elsevier 2014-05-10 /pmc/articles/PMC4052354/ /pubmed/24936403 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2014.04.004 Text en © 2014 Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of International Society for Human and Animal Mycology. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/).
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Malassezia pachydermatis fungemia in a preterm neonate resistant to fluconazole and flucytosine
title Malassezia pachydermatis fungemia in a preterm neonate resistant to fluconazole and flucytosine
title_full Malassezia pachydermatis fungemia in a preterm neonate resistant to fluconazole and flucytosine
title_fullStr Malassezia pachydermatis fungemia in a preterm neonate resistant to fluconazole and flucytosine
title_full_unstemmed Malassezia pachydermatis fungemia in a preterm neonate resistant to fluconazole and flucytosine
title_short Malassezia pachydermatis fungemia in a preterm neonate resistant to fluconazole and flucytosine
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24936403
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2014.04.004
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