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Volume 32, Number 9—September 2026

Dispatch

Wickerhamomyces anomalus Pseudo-Outbreak Associated with Medical Lubricating Gel, South Africa, 2023–2024

Caroline MalulekaComments to Author , Husna Ismail, Liliwe Shuping, Ruth Mpembe, Gift Sandhleni, Serisha Naicker, Tsidiso Maphanga, and Nelesh P. Govender
Author affiliation: National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa (C. Maluleka, H. Ismail, L. Shuping, R. Mpembe, G. Sandhleni, S. Naicker, T. Maphanga, N.P. Govender); University of Witwatersrand School of Pathology, Johannesburg (C. Maluleka, L. Shuping, T. Maphanga, N.P. Govender)

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Figure 1

Annotated epidemic curve of Wickerhamomyces anomalus infection cases, by epidemiologic week, South Africa, January 1, 2022–April 29, 2024. Normally sterile-site specimens were those obtained from anatomical sites expected to be free of viable microorganisms. Nonsterile-site specimens were those obtained from sites normally colonized by microbiota or exposed to the external environment. Lubri-A refers to Lubri-A sterile lubricating jelly (Electro-Spyres, https://www.electrospyres.com), Vitek MS to the Vitek MS system (bioMérieux, https://www.biomerieux.com). NHLS, National Health Laboratory Service, SAPHRA, South African Health Products Regulatory Authority.

Figure 1. Annotated epidemic curve of Wickerhamomyces anomalus infection cases, by epidemiologic week, South Africa, January 1, 2022–April 29, 2024. Normally sterile-site specimens were those obtained from anatomical sites expected to be free of viable microorganisms. Nonsterile-site specimens were those obtained from sites normally colonized by microbiota or exposed to the external environment. Lubri-A refers to Lubri-A sterile lubricating jelly (Electro-Spyres, https://www.electrospyres.com), Vitek MS to the Vitek MS system (bioMérieux, https://www.biomerieux.com). NHLS, National Health Laboratory Service, SAPHRA, South African Health Products Regulatory Authority.

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