1. Fungemia by Candida pelliculosa (Pichia anomala) in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Possible Clonal Origin
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Rejane Pereira Neves, Neiva Tinti de Oliveira, Mariele Porto Carneiro Leão, Ana Maria Rabelo de Carvalho Parahym, Rosemary de Jesus Machado Amorim, and Carolina Maria da Silva
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Antifungal Agents ,Neonatal intensive care unit ,Pichia anomala ,Veterinary (miscellaneous) ,Microbial Sensitivity Tests ,Polymerase Chain Reaction ,Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology ,Microbiology ,Disease Outbreaks ,fluids and secretions ,Medical microbiology ,Intensive Care Units, Neonatal ,hemic and lymphatic diseases ,Cluster Analysis ,Humans ,Medicine ,DNA, Fungal ,Mycological Typing Techniques ,Fungemia ,Candida ,Electrophoresis, Agar Gel ,Cross Infection ,Molecular Epidemiology ,business.industry ,Infant, Newborn ,Candidemia ,Outbreak ,biochemical phenomena, metabolism, and nutrition ,equipment and supplies ,bacterial infections and mycoses ,medicine.disease ,Molecular Typing ,Female ,business ,Candida pelliculosa ,Agronomy and Crop Science ,Microsatellite Repeats - Abstract
Neonatal candidemia can occur, however, infections caused by Candida pelliculosa are rare. Here, we describe an outbreak of candidemia caused by C. pelliculosa among babies hospitalized in a neonatal intensive care unit.
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- 2012
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