Volume 7, Issue 3-4 pp. 146-149

Candida dubliniensis bloodstream infection: a fatal case in a lung transplant recipient

S. Mubareka,

S. Mubareka

Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg Manitoba, Canada

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D.C. Vinh,

D.C. Vinh

Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg Manitoba, Canada

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S.E. Sanche,

S.E. Sanche

Department of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

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S. Mubareka,

S. Mubareka

Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg Manitoba, Canada

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D.C. Vinh,

D.C. Vinh

Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg Manitoba, Canada

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S.E. Sanche,

S.E. Sanche

Department of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

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First published: 12 December 2005

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1399-3062.2005.00107.x

Citations: 16

Samira Mubareka, MD FRCPC
Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
University of Manitoba
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Abstract

Abstract: Candida dubliniensis is an emerging opportunistic yeast initially identified as a cause of oropharyngeal candidiasis in human immunodeficiency virus-infected individuals, and recently associated with invasive disease in other immunocompromised hosts. Certain diagnostic characteristics are shared with C. albicans, but differences in epidemiology, microbiology, and potentially clinical management are notable. We report a case of fatal C. dubliniensis bloodstream infection in a solid-organ transplant recipient and review the literature.

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