Candida dubliniensis fungemia and vascular access infection.
Candida dubliniensis is a newly recognized species of yeast, which may have been forrmerly identified as Candida albicans, that has been rarely isolated from invasive fungal infections among humans. The authors document a C. dubliniensis fungemia that occurred during the course of a vascular access infection in a 2-year-old who was undergoing active therapy for neuroblastoma. Presumptive C. albicans isolates from an 18-year period were reassessed, and it was found that C. dubliniensis is a rare cause of fungemia among pediatric patients (0.5% of all such isolates).
Cimolai
Nevio
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Program of Microbiology, Virology, and Infection Control, British Columbia Children's Hospital, Vancouver, Canada.
Davis
Jeff
J
Trombley
Colleen
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D000293:Adolescent; D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002175:Candida / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling / Q000382:microbiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D016469:Fungemia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D012189:Retrospective Studies
D000935:Antifungal Agents; D000666:Amphotericin B