This Article Full Text (PDF) Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Download to citation manager Copyright Information Books from ASM Press MicrobeWorld Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Alsina, A Articles by Murphy, D Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Alsina, A Articles by Murphy, D

Catheter-associated Candida utilis fungemia in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: species verification with a molecular probe.

Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville 37996.

ABSTRACT

Candida utilis was cultured from the blood of a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. The candidemia was apparently associated with catheter implantation. The isolate was identified initially by standard methods and verified by molecular probing. The pattern of actin-specific restriction fragments obtained from the DNA of the isolate, probed with C. albicans actin sequences, corresponded to that of C. utilis. This organism adds to the growing list of Candida species associated with human disease. Molecular probing offers a definitive identification when an unexpected etiological agent is found.

This article has been cited by other articles:

• Soll, D. R. (2000). The Ins and Outs of DNA Fingerprinting the Infectious Fungi. Clin. Microbiol. Rev. 13: 332-370 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
• Hazen, K. C., Theisz, G. W., Howell, S. A. (1999). Chronic Urinary Tract Infection Due to Candida utilis. J. Clin. Microbiol. 37: 824-827 [Abstract] [Full Text]