Latifa Mtibaa, Hana Souid, Boutheina Jemli, Zied Hajjej, Chiraz Halweni, Ahmed Rebai, Rania Ben Mhamed, Khemaies Akkari and Mustapha Ferjani
Background: Kodamaea ohmeri or Pichia ohmeri is relatively rare yeast that belongs to ascomycete group and Saccharomycetaceae family. It is recognized as an important pathogenic fungus in immunocompromised hosts.
Methodology: Herein, we describe three cases where Kodamaea ohmeri was isolated in peripheral samples: nasal in one case and auricular in two cases. The identification was carried out by Vitek®2 YST ID card and confirmed by PCR sequencing. Susceptibility to antifungal was made by E-test.
Results: These yeasts were identified K. ohmeri using phenotypic, biochemical and molecular methods. All isolates were susceptible for voriconazole and amphotericin B, resistant for caspofungin and susceptible-dose-dependent for Fluconazole.
Conclusion: These are firsts cases reported in Tunisia which incites to pay more attention to the emergence of this yeast in human pathology since more it develops resistances to antifungals.
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