Kodamaea (Pichia) ohmeri fungemia in a pediatric patient admitted in a public hospital.
Kodamaea (Pichia) ohmeri is a yeast species that has not been reported to be a frequent cause of human infections. The current report describes a case of fungemia caused by K. ohmeri in a 3-year-old female patient hospitalized in the public hospital Maria Alice Fernandes, Natal, RN, Brazil. The patient had previously received antimicrobial therapy due to a peritoneal infection and nosocomial pneumonia, and had a central venous catheter implanted. Kodamaea ohmeri was isolated from blood and the tip of the catheter, 48 h after its implantation. The yeast was identified by standard microbiological methods and sequence analysis of the D1/D2 domains and the ITS 1 + 2 spacer regions of the ribosomal DNA. On CHROMagar Candida medium, the isolate showed a color change from pink to blue. The yeast was susceptible to amphotericin B, and liposomal AmB was used successfully to clear the infection.
De Barros
Jadson Duque
JD
Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte- Natal, Brazil.
Do Nascimento
Suerda Maria Nogueira
SM
De Araújo
Fernanda Janaína Silva
FJ
Braz
Regina De Fátima Dos Santos
Rde F
Andrade
Vania Sousa
VS
Theelen
Bart
B
Boekhout
Teun
T
Illnait-Zaragozi
Maria Teresa
MT
Gouveia
Maria Narriman Guimarães
MN
Fernandes
Maria Conceição
MC
Monteiro
Maria Goretti Lins
MG
De Oliveira
Maria Tereza Barreto
MT
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling / Q000382:microbiology; D002648:Child; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D016469:Fungemia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D006779:Hospitals, Public; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010843:Pichia / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*
C068538:liposomal amphotericin B; D000666:Amphotericin B