Disseminated Trichosporon infection. A case report and immunohistochemical study.
An autopsy case of disseminated Trichosporon beigelii infection in a patient with acute promyelocytic leukemia is presented. We diagnosed the T beigelii infection with immunoperoxidase method using our rabbit antiserum to T beigelii. The diagnosis of T beigelii infection is difficult, because of its close resemblance to Candida species in both clinical features and histopathologic findings. We could consistently identify T beigelii in tissue sections with the present immunohistologic method. We conclude that the immunoperoxidase method using antiserum to T beigelii is very useful to diagnose T beigelii infection.
Nasu
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Department of Pathology, Oita Medical University, Japan.
Akizuki
S
S
Yoshiyama
K
K
Kikuchi
H
H
Higuchi
Y
Y
Yamamoto
S
S
D002102:Cadaver; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009181:Mycoses / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D014250:Trichosporon / Q000302:isolation & purification