| An outbreak of Pichia ohmeri infection in the paediatric intensive care unit: case reports and review of the literature. | |
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PMID: 15982209 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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Since the first report in 1998, 10 cases of Pichia ohmeri infection have been reported in the literature. Here we present two new cases of P. ohmeri infection in the paediatric age group. The first case was an 8-month-old male infant, who was admitted with fever, convulsions and altered consciousness. Conservative therapy was started with a presumptive diagnosis of encephalitis. The patient failed to respond to the given treatments and died on the 21st day of hospitalisation. The second case was a 10-year-old male with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. He was hospitalised with neutropenic fever. He was discharged after 3 weeks of therapy. In both cases P. ohmeri was identified in blood samples. Growing evidence indicates that P. ohmeri should be added to the lengthening list of opportunistic fungal pathogens that can cause infection in all ages, including infants, and particularly in those who are immunocompromised. |
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Authors:
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Feza Otag; Necdet Kuyucu; Zayre Erturan; Sebahat Sen; Gurol Emekdas; Takashi Sugita |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Case Reports; Journal Article; Review |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Mycoses Volume: 48 ISSN: 0933-7407 ISO Abbreviation: Mycoses Publication Date: 2005 Jul |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2005-06-28 Completed Date: 2005-09-22 Revised Date: 2005-11-16 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 8805008 Medline TA: Mycoses Country: Germany |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 265-9 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Mersin University, Mersin, Turkey. fezaotag@mersin.edu.tr |
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Blood
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microbiology Child Cross Infection / epidemiology*, microbiology DNA, Fungal / genetics, isolation & purification Disease Outbreaks* Humans Immunocompromised Host Infant Intensive Care Units* Male Mycoses / epidemiology*, microbiology Pichia / isolation & purification* Polymerase Chain Reaction Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Technique Sequence Analysis, DNA |
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0/DNA, Fungal |
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