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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2001, p. 1200-1201, Vol. 39, No. 3
0095-1137/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.3.1200-1201.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Recurrent Self-Limited Fungemia Caused by Yarrowia lipolytica in a Patient with Acute Myelogenous Leukemia

Chulhun Ludgerus Chang,1,* Tae Hee Park,1 Eun Yup Lee,1 Young Tak Lim,2 and Han Chul Son1

Departments of Clinical Pathology1 and Pediatrics,2 College of Medicine, Pusan National University, Pusan, Korea

Received 26 June 2000/Returned for modification 20 August 2000/Accepted 19 December 2000

Yarrowia lipolytica is a weakly pathogenic yeast that is rarely isolated from the blood. We observed transient recurrent catheter-related fungemia attributable to this organism in a leukemic patient. The fungemia and accompanying fever subsided spontaneously. The data suggest that it might be possible to withhold specific treatment for Y. lipolytica fungemia even in an immunocompromised patient.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Clinical Pathology, College of Medicine, Pusan National University, #10 1-Ga Ami-Dong Seo-Gu, Pusan 602-739, Korea. Phone: 82-51-240-7417. Fax: 82-51-247-6560. E-mail: cchl{at}hyowon.cc.pusan.ac.kr.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2001, p. 1200-1201, Vol. 39, No. 3
0095-1137/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.3.1200-1201.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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