Localized pulmonary disease due to Trichosporon beigelii.
A case of pulmonary infection caused by Trichosporon beigelii is reported. The infection occurred in a neutropenic patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. His chest radiograph showed a 6-cm pulmonary infiltrate in the right midzone and an apical infiltrate on the left. Repeated cultures of bronchoalveolar lavage grew budding yeast that was identified as T beigelii on the basis of morphological, cultural, and biochemical characteristics. He responded to amphotericin-B therapy. Systemic infections caused by this yeast are rare and its causal relationship in localized lung disease has been reported only seven times previously.
Qadri
S M
SM
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Ellis
M E
ME
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D014250:Trichosporon / Q000302:isolation & purification