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Invasive Wickerhamomyces anomalus Infections among Injecting Drug Users, France, 2012-20241.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Sept 2026
Lefranc Maxime, Pain Adrien, Dalle Fréderic, Baudino Pierre, Plaisant Claudio, Chouaki Taieb, Dorin Josephine, Bellanger Anne-Pauline, Bonhomme Julie, Moniot Maxime, Rouges Celia, Botterel Françoise, Pasquier Gregoire, Hasseine Lilia, Perraud-Cateau Estelle, Gangneux Jean-Pierre, Delhaes Laurence, Costa Damien, Guitard Juliette, Alanio Alexandre, Letscher-Bru Valerie, Guemas Emilie, Desoubeaux Guillaume, Boukris-Sitbon Karine, Lortholary Olivier, Lanternier Fanny, Desnos-Ollivier Marie, Imbert Sebastien
Abstract excerpt
Wickerhamomyces anomalus is a yeast rarely involved in human invasive fungal diseases (IFD). We retrospectively analyzed 44 episodes of W. anomalus IFD in France during 2012-2024. Injecting drug use (IDU) was the main risk factor among 26/35 (74.3%) incident cases. Most infections were community acquired; overall 3-month mortality rate was 1/30 (3.3%). Short tandem repeat (STR) genotyping and whole-genome...
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