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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2008, p. 374-376, Vol. 46, No. 1
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01790-07
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Lodderomyces elongisporus Masquerading as Candida parapsilosis as a Cause of Bloodstream Infections{triangledown}

Shawn R. Lockhart,1* Shawn A. Messer,1 Michael A. Pfaller,1 and Daniel J. Diekema1,2

Departments of Pathology,1 Internal Medicine, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa2

Received 7 September 2007/ Accepted 10 October 2007

Ten yeast bloodstream isolates identified as Candida parapsilosis by conventional methods grew as turquoise blue colonies on Chromagar media. Subsequent sequence analysis showed that these isolates were the species Lodderomyces elongisporus. To our knowledge, this is the first published report of L. elongisporus as a cause of human disease.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Department of Pathology, 6008 BT GH, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242-1009. Phone: (319) 356-2104. Fax: (319) 356-4916. E-mail: shawn-lockhart{at}uiowa.edu

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 24 October 2007.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2008, p. 374-376, Vol. 46, No. 1
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01790-07
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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