First report of fatal human infections with the cactophilic yeast Sporopachydermia cereana

Parameswaran Anoop; Unell Riley; Mark E. Ethell; Jennie Treleaven; Elizabeth M. Johnson; Gareth J. Morgan; Mike N. Potter

doi:10.1016/j.jinf.2011.02.008

First report of fatal human infections with the cactophilic yeast Sporopachydermia cereana

Parameswaran Anoop^*
, Unell Riley
, Mark E. Ethell
, Jennie Treleaven
, Elizabeth M. Johnson
, Gareth J. Morgan
, Mike N. Potter

^*Corresponding author for this work

Bristol Mycology Reference Laboratory General

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Abstract

Sporopachydermia cereana is a cactophilic yeast, which is not recognised as a human pathogen. We describe two fatal infections with this fungus in profoundly neutropenic patients. S. cereana escapes detection by conventional mycological identification methods. This organism may be an under-recognised cause of fatal fungal sepsis among immunocompromised patients.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	311-313
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Infection
Volume	62
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinf.2011.02.008
Publication status	Published - Apr 2011

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Sporopachydermia cereana

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