Candida dubliniensis Infection, Singapore

Candida dubliniensis Infection, Singapore

To the Editor: We read with interest the letter by Marriott et al. (1) describing the first case of Candida dubliniensis fungemia in Australia. We report the first two cases of C. dubliniensis infection in Singapore. We have been using the API 20C AUX on all yeast isolates from blood, sterile fluids, and tissue to screen for C. dubliniensis since May 2000. To our knowledge, this infection has n...

Candida dubliniensis: An update.

The increased incidence of fungal infections during the last decade has been well-documented [1-4]. Given that one of the most important factors contributing to this phenomenon is the increased numbers of immunocompromised individuals, it is perhaps not surprising that species previously not associated with human disease and novel species previously unknown to science have been identified as po...

Candida Dubliniensis Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection following Elective Surgery

Invasive fungal infections are typically associated with immunosuppression and critical illness and occur often as the result of Candida albicans. Immunocompetent individuals are rarely susceptible to these often deadly infections. We report the case of invasive fungal necrotizing soft tissue infection secondary to Candida dubliniensis in a healthy, young patient after undergoing an elective la...

Candida dubliniensis: characteristics and identification.

Clonality structure in Candida dubliniensis.

Multilocus enzyme electrophoresis was performed on 76 European strains of Candida dubliniensis. Ten of the 20 enzyme-encoding loci were polymorphic, giving rise to 10 electrophoretic types within the sample studied. Investigation of the population genetics of a subset of 36 strains from HIV-infected patients in London showed the existence of strong heterozygote deficits and excesses associated ...