Fungal Infections Caused by Kazachstania spp., Strasbourg, France, 2007–2020
Charlotte Kaeuffer, Mathieu Baldacini, Tiffany Ruge, Yvon Ruch, Yves-Jean Zhu, Manon De Cian, Guillaume Philouze, Philippe Bachellier, Julie Denis, Nicolas Lefebvre, Francis Schneider, Yves Hansmann, Valérie Letscher-Bru, Raoul Herbrecht, Marcela Sabou, and François Danion
Author affiliations: Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France (C. Kaeuffer, M. Baldacini, T. Ruge, Y. Ruch, Y.-J. Zhu, M. De Cian, G. Philouze, P. Bachellier, J. Denis, N. Lefebvre, F. Schneider, Y. Hansmann, V. Letscher-Bru, R. Herbrecht, M. Sabou, F. Danion); Institut de Cancérologie Strasbourg Europe, Strasbourg (R. Herbrecht); INSERM UMR-S1109, Strasbourg (F. Danion)
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Figure 2. Macroscopic and microscopic examinations of Kazachstania bovina from a patient in Strasbourg, France. A) Macroscopic aspect of K. bovina on 3 agar media: Sabouraud (top), CHROMID Candida (bioMérieux, https://www.biomerieux.fr) (lower left), and CHROMagar Candida (Becton Dickinson, https://www.bd.com) (lower right). B) K. bovina slide-culture on potato carrot bile agar (incubation for 72 h at 27°C, original magnification ×400), showing spherical to ellipsoidal yeast cells with multilateral budding, without filamentation, and some asci containing ascospores.
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