Open AccessIsolation of the Rare Opportunistic Yeast Saprochaete Capitata from Clinical Samples-Experience from a Tertiary Care Hospital in Southern India and a Brief Review of the Literature
Author(s) -
P Umabala,
K. Anuradha,
Sukanya Sudhaharan,
Sadashivudu Gundeti,
M Surendra,
Vamsi Krishgalla,
Sree Bhushan Raju,
Sandhya Devi Karanam
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2017/30339.10669
Subject(s) - medicine , immunosuppression , capitata , neutropenia , epidemiology , isolation (microbiology) , amphotericin b , blood culture , sepsis , pediatrics , surgery , antifungal , antibiotics , biology , dermatology , microbiology and biotechnology , chemotherapy , botany , brassica oleracea
Saprochaete capitata (Teleomorph: Magnusiomyces capitatus ) is a ubiquitous yeast found in environmental sources such as soil, water, air, plants and dairy products. It is also a part of the normal microbial flora in humans. The yeast is being increasingly reported as an opportunistic pathogen, especially in patients in the haemato-oncology setting, the infection being often mistakenly diagnosed as invasive candidiasis.