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Volume 32, Number 6—June 2026

Research

Wickerhamomyces anomalus Fungemia during Healthcare-Associated Outbreak, Pereira, Colombia, 2025

Karen M. Ordoñez1, Diego H. Caceres1Comments to Author , Andres Ceballos-Garzon, Natalia Salazar-Giraldo, Bram Spruijtenburg, Lina M. Velasquez-Orozco, Eelco F.J. Meijer, Gabriel Vinazco, Elaine Cristina Francisco, Rodrigo Oliveira, Patricia Escandon, and Jacques F. Meis
Author affiliation: E.S.E. Hospital Universitario San Jorge de Pereira, Secretaría de Salud de Risaralda, Pereira, Colombia (K.M. Ordoñez, N. Salazar-Giraldo, L.M. Velasquez-Orozco, G. Vinazco); Immuno-Mycologics, Norman, Oklahoma, USA (D.H. Caceres); Universidad del Rosario, Bogota, Colombia (D.H. Caceres, A. Ceballos-Garzon); Radboudumc-CWZ Center of Expertise for Mycology, Nijmegen, the Netherlands (D.H. Caceres, B. Spruijtenburg, E.F.J. Meijer, J.F. Meis); Canisius-Wilhelmina Hospital (CWZ)/Dicoon, Nijmegen (B. Spruijtenburg, E.F.J. Meijer); Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil (E. C. Francisco); Antimicrobial Resistance Institute of São Paulo, São Paulo (E. C. Francisco); Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil (E. C. Francisco, J.F. Meis); Bruker Daltonics GmbH & Co. KG, Bremen, Germany (R. Oliveira); Instituto Nacional de Salud, Bogotá (P. Escandon); University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany (J.F. Meis)

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Figure 3

Timeline of clinical events during outbreak of Wickerhamomyces anomalus fungemia in Pereira, Colombia, March–July 2025. Each bar represents the hospitalization period of each affected patient; symbols indicate key clinical events. Male patients are indicated with ♂, female patients with ♀, pediatric patients with white circle, adult patient with a filled circle. BC, blood culture; CVC, central venous catheter.

Figure 3. Timeline of clinical events during outbreak of Wickerhamomyces anomalus fungemia in Pereira, Colombia, March–July 2025. Each bar represents the hospitalization period of each affected patient; symbols indicate key clinical events. Male patients are indicated with ♂, female patients with ♀, pediatric patients with white circle, adult patient with a filled circle. BC, blood culture; CVC, central venous catheter.

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1These authors share first authorship for this article.

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