Outbreak of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Subtype boulardii Fungemia in Patients Neighboring Those Treated with a Probiotic Preparation of the Organism

We report an outbreak of Saccharomyces cerevisiae subtype boulardii fungemia among three intensive care unit roommates of patients receiving lyophilized preparations of this fungus. The fungemia was probably due to central venous catheter contamination and resolved after fluconazole treatment. The n...

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Autori principali: Cassone, Marco, Serra, Pietro, Mondello, Francesca, Girolamo, Antonietta, Scafetti, Sandro, Pistella, Eleonora, Venditti, Mario
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Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: American Society for Microbiology 2003
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC262466/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14605200
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.41.11.5340-5343.2003
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