title: Postoperative Trichosporon beigelii soft tissue infection.
abstract: A case of postsurgical cutaneous infection with Trichosporon beigelii in an apparently immunocompetent individual is reported. This is a rare surgical complication and the first report of localized skin infection by this organism postoperatively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco.
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Greenberg
authors.forename: T G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Berger
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000473:pathology*; D013717:Tenosynovitis / Q000601:surgery; D014250:Trichosporon