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Volume 32, Number 2—February 2026

Research

Pulmonary Complications in Fatal Yellow Fever, Brazil, 2017–2019

Amaro N. Duarte-NetoComments to Author , Katia C. Dantas, Suzette C. Ferreira, Fernando R. Giugni, Marielton P. Cunha, Shahab Z. Pour, Felipe L. Ledesma, Yeh-Li Ho, Ana C.S. Nastri, Cinthya S.C. Borges, Fernanda A. Rodrigues, Ceila M.S. Malaque, Jaques Sztajnbok, Thais Mauad, Luiz F.F. Silva, Paulo H.N. Saldiva, and Marisa Dolhnikoff
Author affiliation: Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil (A.N. Duarte-Neto, K.C. Dantas, F.R. Giugni, M.P. Cunha, S.Z. Pour, F.L. Ledesma, Y.-L. Ho, A.C.S. Nastri, F.A. Rodrigues, T. Mauad, L.F.F. Silva, P.H.N. Saldiva, M. Dolhnikoff); Fundação Pró-Sangue Hemocentro de São Paulo, São Paulo (S.C. Ferreira); Instituto Adolfo Lutz, São Paulo (C.S.C. Borges); Instituto de Infectologia Emílio Ribas, São Paulo (C.M.S. Malaque, J. Sztajnbok).

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Table 5

Cases of severe yellow fever with bacterial and fungal co-infections in the same case, detected in the lung tissue by nested RT-PCR and genomic sequencing, Brazil, 2017–2019*

Case no. YFV type Bacteria
 Fungus
Organism GenBank accession no. Gram stain Organism GenBank accession no.
1 Sylvatic Pseudomonas aeruginosa MN429315 Negative Nakaseomyces glabratus† MN473880
2 Sylvatic Streptococcus pneumoniae MN431202 Positive Debaryomyces hansenii MN472906
3 Sylvatic Enhydrobacter aerosaccus MN44786 Negative Aspergillus fumigatus MN474008
4 Sylvatic P. aeruginosa MN447128 Negative A. fumigatus MN475197
5 Sylvatic Mycoplasma salivarium MN447214 Candida albicans MN475275
6 Sylvatic Klebsiella pneumoniae MN447588 Negative Apiotrichum domesticum MN477197
7 Sylvatic K. pneumoniae MN447652 Negative N. glabratus† MN477933
8 Sylvatic Enterobacter asburiae MN430860 Negative Trichosporon faecale MN472741
9 Vaccinal Moraxella osloensis MN445979 Negative Trichosporon asahii MN475174
10 Vaccinal E. aerosaccus MN445607 Negative Candida tropicalis MN475173
11 Sylvatic E. aerosaccus MN447234 Negative N. glabratus† MN475749
12 Sylvatic E. aerosaccus MN447407 Negative C. albicans MN477032
13 Sylvatic Acinetobacter baumannii MN447636 Negative Candida parapsilosis MN477247
14 Sylvatic K. pneumoniae MN447416 Negative A. fumigatus MN477796

*YFV, yellow fever virus †Formerly Candida glabrata.

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