Kodameae ohmeri – An Emerging Yeast: Two Cases and Literature Review
Kodameae ohmeri is an emerging pathogen in various types of infections. Most infections are seen in patients with compromised immunity like cancer patients. Few cases of neonatal infections due to K. ohmeri have been reported earlier in premature neonates with fatal outcomes. We report two cases o...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited
2015-03-01
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| Series: | Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research |
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| Online Access: | https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/5661/11586_CE[Ra1]_F(AK)_PF1(PAK)_PFA(AK)_PFA2(AK)_PF2(PAG).pdf |
| Summary: | Kodameae ohmeri is an emerging pathogen in various types of infections. Most infections are seen in patients with compromised immunity
like cancer patients. Few cases of neonatal infections due to K. ohmeri have been reported earlier in premature neonates with fatal outcomes.
We report two cases of fungemia; the first case was a patient with hematological malignancy, who complained of fever spikes and grew
K. ohmeri in blood despite prophylactic voriconazole therapy. The second case was in a mature neonate, who developed respiratory
distress and features of sepsis two days after birth, multiple blood cultures were positive for K. ohmeri. Both the patients responded well to
Amphotericin B. Repeat blood cultures were sterile and patients were discharged.
K. ohmeri is an unusual and emerging fungal pathogen of late an increasing number of cases of fungemia, funguria, endocarditis,
peritonitis and wound infections due to the same are being reported. Some occur in immunocompromised patients and some inapparently
immunocompetent patients, neonates with an inclination for preterm babies. We report two case of fungemia, one with lymphoma and the
second in a neonate. |
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| ISSN: | 2249-782X 0973-709X |