Echinocandin Resistance in Two Candida haemulonii Isolates from Pediatric Patients

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Authors

Marisol Dominguez Muro · Hospital de Clínicas Universidade Federal do Paraná

Marion Burger · Prefeitura Municipal de Curitiba

Analy Salles de Azevedo Melo · Universidade Federal de São Paulo

Líbera Maria Dalla-Costa · Hospital de Clínicas Universidade Federal do Paraná

Abstract

We report 3 cases of patients with Candida haemulonii isolates that were obtained from hemocultures. In 2 of the 3 cases, isolates exhibited resistance to echinocandins and fluconazole. This is the first report of an echinocandin-resistant species of this fungus in pediatric patients.

Topics & Keywords

Antifungal resistance and susceptibility Fungal Infections and Studies Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Life in Land

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volume 50, Issue 11, pp. 3783-3785

DOI: 10.1128/jcm.01136-12

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