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Lodderomyces elongisporus: a bloodstream pathogen of greater clinical significance
20 Jul 2018
Abstract excerpt
The true clinical significance of Lodderomyces elongisporus remains underestimated as a result of problems associated with its identification by the VITEK 2 yeast identification system. Here we describe a case of L. elongisporus primary progressive fungaemia in a woman with no known risk factors for invasive fungal infections. The isolate was identified by PCR sequencing of the internally transcribed spacer...
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