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First reported case of endocarditis caused by Candida dubliniensis.

Carr MJ, Clarke S, O'Connell F, Sullivan DJ, Coleman DC, O'Connell B

Department of Clinical Microbiology, Sir Patrick Dun Research Laboratory, University of Dublin, Trinity College, St. James's Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland.

Candida dubliniensis is an uncommon cause of bloodstream infection. We describe the first reported case of endocarditis caused by C. dubliniensis and the use of a rapid and novel real-time PCR assay based on the internal transcribed spacer 2 variable region of the rRNA operon that was used to identify this organism.

Published 15 June 2005 in J Clin Microbiol, 43(6): 3023-6.
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