Priscila Guerino Vilela Alves, Ralciane de Paula Menezes, Murilo de Oliveira Brito, Gabriel de Oliveira Faria, Nagela Bernadelli Sousa Silva, Renner Soares Cruvinel, Mário Paulo Amante Penatti, Reginaldo Dos Santos Pedroso, Denise von Dolinger de Brito Röder
Fungal infections are responsible for high morbidity and mortality in neonatal patients, especially in premature newborns. Infections in neonates caused by Cryptococcus spp. are rare, but it has occurred in an immunocompromised population. This study aims to describe the isolation of Cryptococcus liquefaciens from the hands of a health professional in a neonatal intensive care unit, and to evaluate the production of biofilm and virulence factors and susceptibility to antifungals. Antifungal susceptibility tests were performed according to Clinical and Laboratory Standard Institute document M27-A3...
September 20, 2021: Brazilian Journal of Microbiology: [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology]