First Report of Intraorbital Abscess Caused by Candida allociferrii and Specific PCR for Differentiating Stephanoascus ciferrii Complex Species

Hironobu Soki; Kazushige Abo; Kenichiro Yamazaki; Takayoshi Kojima; Toshimi Oda; Yutaka Uzawa; Ken Kikuchi

doi:10.3314/mmj.56.E9

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First Report of Intraorbital Abscess Caused by Candida allociferrii and Specific PCR for Differentiating Stephanoascus ciferrii Complex Species

Hironobu Soki, Kazushige Abo, Kenichiro Yamazaki, Takayoshi Kojima, Toshimi Oda, Yutaka Uzawa, Ken Kikuchi

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Keywords: Candida allociferrii, Stephanoascus ciferrii complex, specific PCR, intraorbital abscess

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2015 Volume 56 Issue 2 Pages E9-E14

DOI https://doi.org/10.3314/mmj.56.E9

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Abstract

　We present a rare case of intraorbital abscess caused by Candida allociferrii, which was described as a new species of Stephanoascus ciferrii complex in 2002, in a patient after enucleation of choroidal melanoma. This strain showed resistance to itraconazole, and fluconazole. After debridement and topical use of amphotericin B, his wound abscess was disappeared. To our knowledge, this is the first C. allociferrii infection case in human.

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