Trichosporon beigelii fungemia and cutaneous dissemination.
Trichosporon beigelii fungemia and multiple, purpuric, papular skin lesions developed on the chest wall and extremities of a 22-year-old man with acute granulocytic leukemia. Histologically, the skin lesions demonstrated dermal budding yeasts, which were identified as T beigelii in culture. Unexplained biventricular, congestive heart failure and sepsis wit Streptococcus intermedius developed, and the patient died 28 days after his admission to the hospital.
D000328:Adult; D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D003904:Mitosporic Fungi / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009181:Mycoses / Q000209:etiology*; D018805:Sepsis / Q000209:etiology*