Cavitating pneumonia due to Trichosporon beigelii in a patient with acute myeloid leukaemia.
A 21-year-old man with acute myeloid leukaemia developed cavitating pneumonia while neutropenic and on broad spectrum antibiotics following induction chemotherapy. Trichosporon beigelii was isolated from several samples of sputum. He was successfully treated with amphotericin B. Previous reports of lung infection with this organism are reviewed.
Santhosh-Kumar
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Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
al-Hedaithy
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el-Saghir
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Ajarim
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D000328:Adult; D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007951:Leukemia, Myeloid / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D003904:Mitosporic Fungi / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009503:Neutropenia / Q000209:etiology; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology*; D014250:Trichosporon / Q000302:isolation & purification*
D000666:Amphotericin B