| the first case of bloodstream infection by candida intermedia in japan: the importance of molecular identification. | a 65-year-old chinese man with diabetes mellitus was admitted to our hospital complaining of bloody sputum, fever, and dyspnea. despite antibiotic treatment, his condition deteriorated, necessitating mechanical ventilation. diffuse alveolar hemorrhage was suspected, and steroid therapy was initiated. although his condition improved and he was extubated, the fever recurred twice, and on both occasions blood cultures yielded yeasts. the yeasts were misidentified as cryptococcus humicola with a com ... | 2011 | 21302127 |