Pichia anomala (Candida pelliculosa) Fungemia in a Patient with Sickle Cell Disease

• Type of Material: Article
• Authors: Austin W. Chan, Emory University; Emily Jeanne Cartwright, Emory University; Sujan C. Reddy, Emory University; Colleen S Kraft, Emory University; Yun Wang, Emory University
• Language: English
• Date: 2013-10-01
• Publisher: Springer Verlag (Germany)
• Publication Version: Author Accepted Manuscript (After Peer Review)
• Copyright Statement: © 2013 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht.
• Final Published Version (URL): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11046-013-9677-5
• Title of Journal or Parent Work: Mycopathologia
• ISSN: 0301-486X
• Volume: 176
• Issue: 3-4
• Start Page: 273
• End Page: 277
• Grant/Funding Information: The authors received financial support from CSK—NIH/NCRR KL2 TR000455.
• Keywords: Pichia anomala; INFECTION; Wickerhamomyces; Hansenula; Candida pelliculosa; Science & Technology; Mycology; Life Sciences & Biomedicine; OUTBREAK; Fungemia; HANSENULA-ANOMALA; Sickle cell
• Research Categories: Health Sciences, Medicine and Surgery

Abstract

This case report discusses a patient with sickle cell disease who presented with fungemia from Pichia anomala (teleomorph: Candida pelliculosa). The organism was identified as P. anomala by MALDI-TOF VITEK mass spectrometry and VITEK 2 yeast identification card. Pichia anomala should be considered in sickle cell patients with recurrent fungemia.