title: First report of brain abscess associated with Pseudozyma species in a patient with astrocytoma.
abstract: A yeast-like strain was isolated from the brain abscess of a patient diagnosed with astrocytoma. Morphological and molecular analysis on D1/D2 domain in the 26S rRNA gene and internal transcript spacer region of the strain revealed that the strain belonged to the genus Pseudozyma. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report on the isolation of a Pseudozyma strain from brain abscess.
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea.
authors.forename: Sangsun
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.forename: Juwon
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Seoyoung
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yoon
authors.forename: Yeji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cha
authors.forename: Myungsook
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Dongeun
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yong
authors.forename: Jong Hee
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Seok Hoon
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Jeong
authors.forename: Young
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Uh
authors.forename: Kyungwon
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000150:complications*; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016533:Mycological Typing Techniques; D010802:Phylogeny; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D014587:Ustilaginales / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal; C065096:RNA, ribosomal, 26S