Abstract
This case report discusses a patient with sickle cell disease who presented with fungemia from Pichia anomala (teleomorph: Candida pelliculosa). The organism was identified as P. anomala by MALDI-TOF VITEK mass spectrometry and VITEK 2 yeast identification card. Pichia anomala should be considered in sickle cell patients with recurrent fungemia.
Publication types
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Case Reports
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Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
MeSH terms
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Anemia, Sickle Cell / complications*
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Animals
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Fungemia / diagnosis*
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Fungemia / microbiology*
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Humans
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Male
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Microbiological Techniques
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Mycological Typing Techniques
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Pichia / chemistry
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Pichia / classification
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Pichia / isolation & purification*
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Pichia / metabolism
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Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization
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Young Adult