Cutaneotrichosporon (Cryptococcus) cyanovorans, a basidiomycetous yeast, isolated from the airways of cystic fibrosis patients

Tjomme van der Bruggen*, Anna Kolecka, Bart Theelen, Johanna M. Kwakkel-van Erp, Bert Arets, Teun Boekhout

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Abstract

Cystic fibrosis (CF) patients are colonized with a multitude of bacteria and fungi. From respiratory samples of two CF patients in our institute, a difficult to identify yeast was isolated repeatedly. This yeast was eventually identified as Cutaneotrichosporon (Cryptococcus) cyanovorans by internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and ribosomal large subunit (LSU) sequencing. C. cyanovorans is a basidiomycetous yeast originally reported as environmental isolate from South African soil and has not been described before as clinical isolate from CF patients.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)18-20
Number of pages3
JournalMedical Mycology Case Reports
Volume22
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2018

Keywords

  • Cryptococcus cyanovorans
  • Cutaneotrichosporon cyanovorans
  • Cystic fibrosis
  • MADLITOF-MS

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