title: Lodderomyces elongisporus masquerading as Candida parapsilosis as a cause of bloodstream infections.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: 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
authors.forename: Shawn R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Lockhart
authors.forename: Shawn A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Messer
authors.forename: Michael A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Pfaller
authors.forename: Daniel J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Diekema
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D016469:Fungemia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008875:Middle Aged; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D012337:RNA, Ribosomal, 18S / Q000235:genetics; D004718:Saccharomycetales / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D004271:DNA, Fungal; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal; D012337:RNA, Ribosomal, 18S; C065096:RNA, ribosomal, 26S