ena-STUDY-Kuwait University-10-01-2019-08:49:37:901-734
Fungemia due to Magnusiomyces  capitatus
Two cases of fungemia due to Magnusiomyces  capitatus  in non-leukemic patients are presented. Both patients died before definite diagnosis was made. Direct examination of their blood cultures using Gram stain revealed characteristic morphology suggestive of arthroconidial yeast. PCR sequencing of the internally transcribed spacer (ITS) region of rDNA identified the isolates as Magnusiomyces  capitatus.
Two cases of fungemia due to Magnusiomyces  capitatus  in non-leukemic patients are presented. Both patients died before definite diagnosis was made. Direct examination of their blood cultures using Gram stain revealed characteristic morphology suggestive of arthroconidial yeast. PCR sequencing of the internally transcribed spacer (ITS) region of rDNA identified the isolates as Magnusiomyces  capitatus.