Pseudozyma aphidis fungemia after abdominal surgery: First adult case

Pseudozyma aphidis fungemia after abdominal surgery: First adult case

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Pseudozyma aphidis is an environmental Basidiomycete yeast, and has been involved in the ten past years in rare cases of invasive infection.Pseudozyma species are naturally resistant to caspofungin and often present decreased susceptibility or resistance radio birdman tshirt to fluconazole.This fungus may be difficult to recognize and misidentifications are reported with conventional phenotypical methods.

We report a case of P.aphidis invasive infection in an adult iphone 13 dallas with a metastatic ampulloma who had gone through digestive surgery.