Use of DNA sequencing analysis to confirm fungemia due to Trichosporon dermatis in a pediatric patient.
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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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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of clinical microbiology
دوره 44 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2006