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Date publication

juin 2015

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr PESSAUX Patrick , Pr MUTTER Didier


Tous les auteurs :
Herb A, Sabou M, Delhorme JB, Pessaux P, Mutter D, Candolfi E, Letscher-Bru V

Résumé

Pseudozyma aphidis is an environmental Basidiomycete yeast, and has been involved in the ten past years in rare cases of invasive infection. Pseudozyma species are naturally resistant to caspofungin and often present decreased susceptibility or resistance to fluconazole. This fungus may be difficult to recognize and misidentifications are reported with conventional phenotypical methods. We report a case of P. aphidis invasive infection in an adult with a metastatic ampulloma who had gone through digestive surgery.

Référence

Med Mycol Case Rep. 2015 Mar 6;8:37-9