Use of DNA sequencing analysis to confirm fungemia due to Trichosporon dermatis in a pediatric patient

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作者
Gunn, SR
Reveles, XT
Hamlington, JD
Sadkowski, LC
Johnson-Pais, TL
Jorgensen, JH
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[1] Univ Texas, Hlth Sci Ctr, Dept Pathol, San Antonio, TX 78229 USA
[2] Univ Texas, Hlth Sci Ctr, Dept Cellular & Struct Biol, San Antonio, TX 78229 USA
[3] Audie L Murphy Mem Vet Adm Med Ctr, VA Mycol Reference Lab, San Antonio, TX 78284 USA
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10.1128/JCM.44.3.1175-1177.2006
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
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This is the first reported case of human disease caused by Tricosporon dermatis, an organism recently transferred to the genus Trichosporon from Cryptococcus and now confirmed to be a human pathogen.
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页码:1175 / 1177
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