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. 2016 Jun 20:13:5-8.
doi: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2016.06.001. eCollection 2016 Sep.

Fungemia due to Kodamaea ohmeri in a young infant and review of the literature

Rosalba Vivas  1 , Claudia Beltran  1 , Maria Isabel Munera  2 , Monica Trujillo  3 , Andrea Restrepo  3 , Carlos Garcés  4
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Fungemia due to Kodamaea ohmeri in a young infant and review of the literature

Rosalba Vivas et al. Med Mycol Case Rep. .

Abstract

Fungal infections have become an important cause of morbidity and mortality in hospitalized children due to many complicating and underlying conditions. We present the case of a newborn infant with fungemia due to Kodamaea ohmeri who had a good outcome of the infection after using the combination of antifungal treatment and central venous catheter removal.

Keywords: Fungemia; Infant; Kodamaea ohmeri; Liposomal amphotericin B; Yeast.

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Fig. 1
Kodamaea ohmeri colonies in CHROMagar Candida. Pink colonies that change to blue colonies in 48 h. (For interpretation of the references to color in this figure legend, the reader is referred to the web version of this article.)
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Fig. 2
K. ohmeri colonies in CHROMagar Candida. Pink colonies that change to blue colonies in 48 h. (For interpretation of the references to color in this figure legend, the reader is referred to the web version of this article.)
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