First bloodstream infection due to Prototheca zopfii var. hydrocarbonea in an immunocompromised patient

First bloodstream infection due to Prototheca zopfii var. hydrocarbonea in an immunocompromised patient

Here we describe a bloodstream infection due to P. zopfii var. hydrocarbonea in a patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Identification was performed by DNA sequencing of the D1/D2 domain of 26s ribosomal DNA and by MALDI-TOF MS technique. Antifungal susceptibility tests against amphotericin B,...

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Main Authors: Norma B. Fernández, Constanza G. Taverna, Matías Vivot, Susana Córdoba, Lucia Paravano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-06-01
Series:Medical Mycology Case Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211753918301258

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