Port implantation-related bloodstream infection caused by Wickerhamomyces myanmarensis: A case report

• Main Authors: Ali Aminasnafi (Author), Sadegh Khodavaisy (Author), Maryam Moslem (Author), Marziye Esmaeilpour Jouneghani (Author), Fatemeh Sarbandi (Author), Mahsa Falahatinejad (Author), Bahareh Bashardoust (Author), Hamid Badali (Author), Neda kiasat (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, 2023-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background and Purpose: Wickerhamomyces myanmarensis is a new opportunistic yeast previously named Pichai myanmarensis, which belongs to the order Saccharomycetales. Since its discovery, one environmental isolate of W. myanmarensis has been reported from Myanmar, and one clinical sample from Iran.Ca...