سجل مستودعي · ncbi-prjeb34914

Papiliotrema laurentii fungemia in a premature, very low-birth-weight neonate in Kuwait successfully treated with liposomal amphotericin B

Cryptococcus spp. include human pathogens (e.g. C. neoformans and C. gattii) and environmental saprophytes such as Cryptococcus laurentii (=Papiliotrema laurentii) and Cryptococcus albidus (=Papiliotrema albidus) which are largely considered as non-pathogenic to humans with a normal immune system. The first case of P. laurentii fungemia in a premature, low-birth-weight neonate is described from Kuwait. Repeated bloodstream isolates were obtained and were tentatively identified as P. laurentii by Vitek 2. The identity was established by PCR-sequencing of rDNA. The baby was successfully treated by liposomal amphotericin B.