Lodderomyces elongisporus masquerading as Candida parapsilosis as a cause of bloodstream infections.
Ten yeast bloodstream isolates identified as Candida parapsilosis by conventional methods grew as turquoise blue colonies on Chromagar media. Subsequent sequence analysis showed that these isolates were the species Lodderomyces elongisporus. To our knowledge, this is the first published report of L. elongisporus as a cause of human disease.
Lockhart
Shawn R
SR
Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Department of Pathology, 6008 BT GH, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242-1009, USA. shawn-lockhart@uiowa.edu
Messer
Shawn A
SA
Pfaller
Michael A
MA
Diekema
Daniel J
DJ
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