Cutaneotrichosporon (Cryptococcus) cyanovorans, a basidiomycetous yeast, isolated from the airways of cystic fibrosis patients

Publication date: Available online 18 July 2018Source: Medical Mycology Case ReportsAuthor(s): Tjomme van der Bruggen, Anna Kolecka, Bart Theelen, Johanna M. Kwakkel-van Erp, Bert Arets, Teun BoekhoutAbstractCystic fibrosis (CF) patients are colonized with a multitude of bacteria and fungi. From respiratory samples of two CF patients in our institute, a difficult to identify yeast was isolated repeatedly. This yeast was eventually identified as Cutaneotrichosporon (Cryptococcus) cyanovorans by internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and ribosomal large subunit (LSU) sequencing. C. cyanovorans is a basidiomycetous yeast originally reported as environmental isolate from South African soil and has not been described before as clinical isolate from CF patients.
Source: Medical Mycology Case Reports - Category: Biology Source Type: research