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Hansenula (Pichia) spp.

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The genus Hansenula (Pichia) belongs to the class Ascomycetes, order Endomycetales, family Saccharomycetaceae. To date, only two species of this genus have been implicated in human disease: H. anomala and H. polymorpha (1–4). H. anomala (also synonymous with Pichia anomala [5,6]), by far the most common human pathogen of the two, is an ascosporogenous yeast that represents the perfect (sexual) stage of Candida pelliculosa.

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Georgiev, V.S. (2003). Hansenula (Pichia) spp.. In: Opportunistic Infections. Infectious Disease. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-296-8_24

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