Evaluation of false-positive Rhodotorula detections by a multiplex PCR-based fungal panel performed on positive blood culture bottles

J Clin Microbiol. 2024 May 8;62(5):e0017924. doi: 10.1128/jcm.00179-24. Epub 2024 Apr 17.

Authors

Robert Hamilton-Seth¹, Vincent Streva², Natalie Gammel³, Victoria L Campodónico¹, Patricia J Simner^{1

3}, Sean X Zhang^{1

3}, Karen C Carroll^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
² Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Northwell Health Laboratories, Queens, New York, USA.
³ Microbiology Division, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

PMID: 38629843
PMCID: PMC11077967 (available on 2024-10-17)
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.00179-24

No abstract available

Keywords: Candida spp.; Rhodotorula spp.; blood culture; fungemia.

Publication types

Letter
Evaluation Study

MeSH terms

Blood Culture* / methods
False Positive Reactions
Fungemia / diagnosis
Fungemia / microbiology
Humans
Molecular Diagnostic Techniques / methods
Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction* / methods
Rhodotorula* / genetics
Rhodotorula* / isolation & purification