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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 2007, p. 2025-2027, Vol. 45, No. 6
0095-1137/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00222-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Outbreak of Fungemia among Neonates Caused by Candida haemulonii Resistant to Amphotericin B, Itraconazole, and Fluconazole{triangledown}

Zia U. Khan,1* Noura A. Al-Sweih,1,2 Suhail Ahmad,1 Nawal Al-Kazemi,2 Seema Khan,2 Leena Joseph,1 and Rachel Chandy1

Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, P. O. Box 24923, Safat,1 Department of Microbiology, Maternity Hospital, Ministry of Health, Kuwait2

Received 29 January 2007/ Returned for modification 18 March 2007/ Accepted 27 March 2007

The first outbreak of Candida haemulonii fungemia is described. The seven isolates from the blood of four neonates were identified by DNA sequencing of the ribosomal DNA. They were all resistant to amphotericin B, fluconazole, and itraconazole. This report highlights the emergence of C. haemulonii as an opportunistic pathogen in immunocompromised patients.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, P.O. Box 24923, Safat 13110, Kuwait. Phone: 00965-5312300-6504. Fax: 00965-5318454. E-mail: ziauddin{at}hsc.edu.kw

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 11 April 2007.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 2007, p. 2025-2027, Vol. 45, No. 6
0095-1137/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00222-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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