Ann Lab Med.  2018 Mar;38(2):182-184. 10.3343/alm.2018.38.2.182.

Catheter-related Bloodstream Infection due to Lodderomyces elongisporus in a Patient with Lung Cancer

• Lee HY
• Kim SJ
• Kim D
• Jang J
• Sung H
• Kim MN
• Choi CM

• KMID: 2403368
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3343/alm.2018.38.2.182

Abstract

No abstract available.

MeSH Terms

Humans
Lung Neoplasms*
Lung*

Figure

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  Fig. 1 Culture and microscopic characteristics of Lodderomyces elongisporus isolated from the patient. CHROMagar medium showing green colonies for Candida albicans (A), turquoise-blue colonies for L. elongisporus (B), and blue colonies for Candida tropicalis (C). Microscopy of the colonies on Sabouraud dextrose agar revealed ellipsoidal to elongated blastoconidia of L. elongisporus (Gram stain, ×1,000) (D). Slide cultures on corn meal agar showed abundant branched pseudohyphae (Lactophenol cotton blue stain, ×400) (E).

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