title: Fatal trichosporonosis is not related to tolerance to amphotericin B.
abstract: A case of disseminated trichosporonosis in a 45-year-old female suffering from acute lymphocytic leukaemia is reported. The patient died of that mycosis despite of therapy with amphotericin B for which the pathogen had been proven susceptible in vitro.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Vancouver General Hospital, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Alballaa
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Bryce
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sekhon
mesh_terms: D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004361:Drug Tolerance; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009181:Mycoses / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000150:complications*; D014250:Trichosporon / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D000666:Amphotericin B