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- Title
Otomatize İdantifikasyon Sisteminin İmmün Trombositopenili Bir Hastadaki Fungemi Etkeni Candida lusitaniae'yi Candida famata Olarak Hatalı Biçimde Tanımlaması.
- Authors
Yapıcı, Oktay; Er, Halil; Eres-Sarıtaş, Zubeyde; Ozhak-Baysan, Betil; Oğunc, Meral Dilara; Ongut, Gozde; Merdin, Alparslan
- Abstract
Since Candida species have different antifungal resistance characteristics, accurate identification of non-albicans Candida besides C. albicans is important for treatment of Candida infections with high mortality. In this report, a case of fungemia due to C. lusitaniae an opportunist pathogen for immunosuppressed patients, misidentified as C. famata by VITEKR 2 (bio-Merieux, Marcy l'Etoile, France) automated identification system was presented. Since isolate was identified as C. lusitaniae by conventional methods, its identification was confirmed using both MALDI-TOF/MS (Bruker Daltonics, Bremen, Germany) and Phoenix 100 (Becton Dickinson, Sparks, MD, USA) automated system. This case demonstrated that even though most of the clinically important Candida species can be identified by conventional methods, automated systems do not always make accurate identifications for rare species in particular. For this reason, conventional diagnostic methods should also be used together with automated systems, and further molecular diagnostic methods should be applied if necessary.
- Subjects
THROMBOPENIC purpura diagnosis; AUTOMATION; CANDIDA; DIAGNOSTIC errors; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; THROMBOPENIC purpura; AUTOANALYZERS; FUNGEMIA
- Publication
Klimik Journal / Klimik Dergisi, 2017, Vol 30, Issue 3, p149
- ISSN
1301-143X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5152/kd.2017.36