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Recurrent candidaemia in a neonate with Hirschsprung's disease: fluconazole resistance and genetic relatedness of eight Candida tropicalis isolates.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Apr 2006
Chong Pei Pei, Chieng David Ching-Soo, Low Lee Yean, Hafeez Asma, Shamsudin Mariana Nor, Seow Heng Fong, Ng Kee Peng
Abstract excerpt
The incidence of candidaemia among immunocompromised patients in Malaysia is increasing at an alarming rate. Isolation of clinical strains that are resistant to fluconazole has also risen markedly. We report here the repeated isolation of Candida tropicalis from the blood of a neonatal patient with Hirschsprung's disease. In vitro fluconazole susceptibility tests of the eight isolates obtained at different time...
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