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Fungemia Caused by Zygoascus hellenicus in an Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant Recipient

Year: 2004

Type: article

Abstract: Zygoascus hellenicus (Candida hellenica) was isolated from a blood culture from a patient who had received an allogeneic stem cell transplant. The isolate displayed an antifungal susceptibility pattern of decreased susceptibility to fluconazole and itraconazole, high susceptibility to voriconazole, and low susceptibility to caspofungin. The organism was misidentified by a commercial yeast identification system. This is the first reported case of human infection with this rare ascomycetous yeast.

Source: Journal of Clinical Microbiology

DOI: 10.1128/jcm.42.7.3363-3365.2004

Authors: Mary E. Brandt, Carol A. Kauffman, Peter G. Pappas, Naureen Iqbal, Beth A. Arthington-Skaggs, Wendy Lee-Yang, Maudy T. Smith

Institutions: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, University of Michigan, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Michigan Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, UAB Medicine, Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute

Language: English

Topic: Antifungal resistance and susceptibility

Subfield: Infectious Diseases

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2000264484

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Cites: 15

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