A case of Yarrowia lipolytica fungemia after raw beef ingestion.
- Author:
Ki Woon KANG
1
;
Hee Jung YOON
;
Sung Hee JUNG
;
Soung Hoon CHO
;
Ho Yong KIM
;
Young Wook YOO
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Eulji University School of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea. yhj822@medimail.co.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Yarrowia lipolytica;
Fungemia
- MeSH:
Anti-Bacterial Agents;
Candidiasis;
Eating;
Fungemia;
Humans;
Infant;
Korea;
Yarrowia
- From:Korean Journal of Medicine
2008;74(5):566-569
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Candida lipolytica is also called Yarrowia lipolytica, and this is now microbiologically classified as a member of the Yarrowia genus. Y. lipolytica is a rare opportunistic pathogen that was first isolated in 1976 from a patient with traumatic ocular candidiasis. Five cases of infant patients were reported in 2000 in Korea for the first time, and then in 2001 a case was reported from an AML patient. No more cases have been reported since then. The authors experienced the case of a patient with blood culture positivity for Y. lipolytica and this patient had a previous history of raw beef ingestion and long term antibiotics therapy. Thus, we report on this case along with a review of the literature.
