Pulmonary infection due to Pseudozyma aphidis in a patient with Burkitt lymphoma: first case report

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2013 Jan;75(1):104-6. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2012.09.010. Epub 2012 Nov 20.

Abstract

Fungal infections are being increasingly reported in patients with malignancies. Pseudozyma aphidis is an opportunistic yeast usually isolated from plants and rarely from human samples. In this study, we report the first case of pulmonary infection due to P. aphidis in a Burkitt lymphoma patient.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Burkitt Lymphoma / complications*
  • DNA, Fungal / chemistry
  • DNA, Fungal / genetics
  • DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / chemistry
  • DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / genetics
  • Humans
  • Lung Diseases, Fungal / diagnosis*
  • Lung Diseases, Fungal / microbiology
  • Lung Diseases, Fungal / pathology*
  • Male
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Radiography, Thoracic
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Ustilaginales / classification
  • Ustilaginales / genetics
  • Ustilaginales / isolation & purification*

Substances

  • DNA, Fungal
  • DNA, Ribosomal Spacer

Associated data

  • GENBANK/JQ743064