A Clinical Isolate of Candida palmioleophila Formerly Identified as Torulopsis candida

Takashi Sugita; Keiko Kagaya; Masako Takashima; Motofumi Suzuki; Yoshimura Fukazawa; Takashi Nakase

doi:10.3314/jjmm.40.21

A Clinical Isolate of Candida palmioleophila Formerly Identified as Torulopsis candida

Takashi Sugita, Keiko Kagaya, Masako Takashima, Motofumi Suzuki, Yoshimura Fukazawa, Takashi Nakase

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Keywords: Candida palmioleophila, Torulopsis candida, opportunistic pathogen

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1999 Volume 40 Issue 1 Pages 21-25

DOI https://doi.org/10.3314/jjmm.40.21

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Abstract

A strain of yeast labeled Torulopsis candida, which was isolated from a clinical specimen in Canada and reported as a new opportunistic pathogen causing intravenous catheter-associated fungemia, was found to be a strain of Candida palmioleophila in a DNA-DNA reassociation experiment.

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