Isolation of Issatchenkia occidentalis from the esophagus of a leukemic patient.
Issatchenkia occidentalis was isolated from an esophageal biopsy of a young leukemic male patient who underwent bone marrow transplantation. At the time the specimen was collected, the patient was also suffering from esophageal herpetic lesions. The identification of the isolate was not possible by the use of the available commercial methods. Thus, its identification was done by PCR and DNA sequencing using panfungal primers.
Sahand
Ismail H
IH
Departamento de Inmunología, Microbiología y Parasitología, Facultad de Medicina y Odontología, Universidad del País Vasco, Apartado 699, E-48080 Bilbao, Vizcaya, Spain.
Moragues
María-Dolores
MD
Alhambra
Almudena
A
del Palacio
Amalia
A
Quindós
Guillermo
G
Pontón
José
J
D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004941:Esophagitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D004947:Esophagus / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D007938:Leukemia / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D004718:Saccharomycetales / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity / Q000648:ultrastructure; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
D004271:DNA, Fungal