Help! Please Register

  The Fungi

  Introduction
  Descriptions
  Synonyms
  Image Bank
  Lecture Bank
  Video Bank


  Mycoses

  Introduction
  Human
  Veterinary
  Environmental
   Industrial
  Agricultural
  MSG


  Drugs

  Introduction
  Medical
  Veterinary
  Environmental
   Industrial
  Agricultural


  Laboratory

  Introduction
  Susceptibility
  MIC Database
  Procedures
  Histopathology


  Education &
  Tools

  Introduction
  Abbreviations
  Links
  CME
  Conference
   Highlights
  Bibliography
  Glossary
  Good Books
  Events Calendar


  About Us

  Introduction
  Our Mission
  Editorial Board
  Editorial Staff
  Supporters
  Contributors
  Legal Stuff
  Privacy Policy
  Kudos


  The Fungi

  Introduction
  Descriptions
  Synonyms
  Image Bank
  Lecture Bank
  Video Bank



This page updated:
1/27/2007 9:23:00 AM


DoctorFungus - All Rights Reserved © 2007 Copyright
& Privacy Policy


Site built and designed for doctorfungus by Webillustrated



You are here: The Fungi > Descriptions >


Candida kefyr
(Beijerinck) van Uden & H.R. Buckley (1970)

 
Teleomorph:

Kluyveromyces marxianus (E.C. Hansen) van der Walt (1971)
   


Macroscopic morphology

Colonies on Sabouraud dextrose agar at 25°C are cream to brown, glossy, and smooth. This isolate has grows at 37°C and on media containing cycloheximide.

Microscopic morphology

On cornmeal following 72 hours incubation at 25°C, highly-branched pseudohyphae are found. This species is not distinguishable from several other species on Chromager Candida [1069].

Special notes

This species has been reported as an emerging pathogen [475]. This species may have been previously reported in the literature by the obsolete name of Candida pseudotropicalis. Reported infections include burn wounds [954], blood [1776], and vaginal [677].

FTL* in vitro susceptibility data

AMB CAS 5FC FLU ITRA VORI
0.06 µg/ml=1 <0.03 µg/ml=1 <0.125 µg/ml=3 <0.125 µg/ml=1 0.06 µg/ml=4 <0.015 µg/ml=2
0.125 µg/ml=1 0.06 µg/ml=3   0.25 µg/ml=5   0.03 µg/ml=1
0.25 µg/ml=4 0.125 µg/ml=4   0.5 µg/ml=5    
0.5 µg/ml=1 0.25 µg/ml=1        
1.0 µg/ml=1          


Drug/N AMB/8 CAS/9 5FC/3 FLU/11 ITRA/4 VORI/3
MIC Range 0.06-1.0 <0.03-0.25 <0.125 <0.125-0.5 0.06 <0.015-0.03
MIC50 * * * 0.25 * *
MIC90 * * * 0.5 * *
* Fungus Testing Laboratory unpublished data (NCCLS M27-A2)


Search

PubMed

Nucleotides

GenBank






References

475. Corpus, K., R. Hegeman-Dingle, and I. Bajjoka. 2004. Candida kefyr, an uncommon but emerging fungal pathogen: Report of two cases. Pharmacotherapy. 24:1084-1088.

677. Erdem, H., M. Cetin, T. Timuroglu, A. Cetin, O. Yanar, and A. Pahsa. 2003. Identification of yeasts in public hospital primary care patients with or without clinical vaginitis. Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol. 43:312-6.

954. Gupta, N., A. Haque, A. A. Lattif, R. P. Narayan, G. Mukhopadhyay, and R. Prasad. 2004. Epidemiology and molecular typing of Candida isolates from burn patients. Mycopathologia. 158:397-405.

1069. Hospenthal, D. R., M. L. Beckius, K. L. Floyd, L. L. Horvath, and C. K. Murray. 2006. Presumptive identification of Candida species other than C. albicans, C. krusei, and C. tropicalis with the chromogenic medium CHROMagar Candida. Ann Clin Microbiol Antimicrob. 5:1.

1776. Pfaller, M. A., D. J. Diekema, S. A. Messer, L. Boyken, R. J. Hollis, and R. N. Jones. 2004. In vitro susceptibilities of rare Candida bloodstream isolates to ravuconazole and three comparative antifungal agents. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 48:101-105.



  Home | Image Bank | Lecture Bank | Knowledgebase | Site Map | Contact Us |
The Fungi | Mycoses | Drugs |
Laboratory | Education & Tools | About Us

  bttm_banner_indv2_02[1].gif