Urinary tract infection caused byHansenula anomala

✍ Scribed by S. M. Hussain Qadri; Fouad Al Dayel; Michael J. Strampfer; Burke A. Cunha

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 1988
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 215 KB
• Volume: 104
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0301-486X
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00436934

✦ Synopsis

A case of urinary tract infection due to Hansenula anomala is reported. The infection occurred in a cadaver kidney transplant patient who was receiving immuno-suppression therapy. Survey of the literature revealed that human infections due to this organism are rare and its causal relationship in urinary tract infection has not been previously reported.