title: Genotyping and Antifungal Susceptibility of Dipodascus capitatus Isolated in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of a Sicilian Hospital.
abstract: In August 2015, Dipodascus capitatus was isolated from two patients admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit. Nosocomial acquisition of the fungus was suspected and epidemiological studies were undertaken. The patients were simultaneously hospitalized, and the comparison of the two isolates by two independent molecular typing methods have confirmed clonal dissemination of a single strain of D. capitatus. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing was useful for identifying the appropriated antifungal therapy in micafungin. To our knowledge these are the first described cases of neonatal D. capitatus infection and also the first report of successful treatment by micafungin.
authors.affiliation: Unit of Microbiology, Virology and Parassitology, AOUP, Department of Sciences for Health Promotion and Mother and Child Care 'G. D'Alessandro', University of Palermo, Via del Vespro 133, 90127, Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fasciana
authors.affiliation: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, AOUP, Department of Sciences for Health Promotion and Mother and Child Care, University of Palermo, Via Alfonso Giordano 3, 90127, Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Giuffrè
authors.affiliation: Unit of Microbiology, Virology and Parassitology, AOUP, Department of Sciences for Health Promotion and Mother and Child Care 'G. D'Alessandro', University of Palermo, Via del Vespro 133, 90127, Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Cinzia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Calà
authors.affiliation: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, AOUP, Department of Sciences for Health Promotion and Mother and Child Care, University of Palermo, Via Alfonso Giordano 3, 90127, Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Ingrid Anne Mandy
authors.initials: IAM
authors.lastname: Schierz
authors.affiliation: Unit of Microbiology, Virology and Parassitology, AOUP, Department of Sciences for Health Promotion and Mother and Child Care 'G. D'Alessandro', University of Palermo, Via del Vespro 133, 90127, Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Aquilina
authors.affiliation: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, AOUP, Department of Sciences for Health Promotion and Mother and Child Care, University of Palermo, Via Alfonso Giordano 3, 90127, Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Giuseppa
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pinello
authors.affiliation: Unit of Microbiology, Virology and Parassitology, AOUP, Department of Sciences for Health Promotion and Mother and Child Care 'G. D'Alessandro', University of Palermo, Via del Vespro 133, 90127, Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Giuseppina
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Capra
authors.affiliation: Unit of Microbiology, Virology and Parassitology, AOUP, Department of Sciences for Health Promotion and Mother and Child Care 'G. D'Alessandro', University of Palermo, Via del Vespro 133, 90127, Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Dario
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lipari
authors.affiliation: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, AOUP, Department of Sciences for Health Promotion and Mother and Child Care, University of Palermo, Via Alfonso Giordano 3, 90127, Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Corsello
authors.affiliation: Unit of Microbiology, Virology and Parassitology, AOUP, Department of Sciences for Health Promotion and Mother and Child Care 'G. D'Alessandro', University of Palermo, Via del Vespro 133, 90127, Palermo, Italy. anna.giammanco@unipa.it.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Giammanco
mesh_terms: D003428:Cross Infection / Q000382:microbiology*; D055157:Dipodascus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D006761:Hospitals / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D009181:Mycoses / Q000382:microbiology*; D012802:Sicily
keywords: Antifungal Susceptibility; Dipodascus capitatus; Genotyping; Nosocomial Acquisition