Candida haemuloniiand Closely Related Species at 5 University Hospitals in Korea: Identification, Antifungal Susceptibility, and Clinical Features

Kim, Mi‐Na; Hee Shin, Jong; Sung, Heungsup; Lee, Kyungwon; Kim, E.-C.; Hee Ryoo, Nam; Lee, Jin‐Sol; Jung, Sook‐In; Hwa Park, Kyung; Jung Kee, Seung; Hyun Kim, Soo; Shin, Myung‐Geun; Suh, Soon‐Pal; Wook Ryang, Dong

doi:10.1086/597108

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Candida haemuloniiand Closely Related Species at 5 University Hospitals in Korea: Identification, Antifungal Susceptibility, and Clinical Features

Published in Clinical Infectious Diseases • Feb 4, 2009

Authors:

Mi‐Na Kim

Jong Hee Shin

Heungsup Sung

Abstract

Background. Candida haemulonii, a yeast species that often exhibits antifungal resistance, rarely causes human infection. During 2004-2006, unusual yeast isolates with phenotypic similarity to C. haemulonii were recovered from 23 patients (8 patients with fungemia and 15 patients with chronic otitis...

Subject

Fungemia

Medicine

Antifungal

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