title: Disseminated Trichosporon beigelii (cutaneum).
abstract: Two cases of invasive Trichosporon beigelii (syn. cutaneum) infection are reported and are compared with the eight other previous reports. All affected patients were either immunosuppressed or had recently undergone a surgical procedure. The diagnosis had been delayed and the prognosis was poor. Only two patients recovered after vigorous antimycotic therapy and concomitant remission of their leukemia. A biopsy of the skin lesion, as illustrated in one of our patients, may prove to be useful in the early diagnosis.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001758:Blastomyces / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001759:Blastomycosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects; D007951:Leukemia, Myeloid / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012867:Skin / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents