title: Disseminated Trichosporonosis with Trichosporon asahii.
abstract: Trichosporon asahii fungemia was associated with multiple, purpuric, papular lesions on the abdomen and extremities in a 53-year-old man with acute myeloblastic leukemia. Histologically, budding yeasts were demonstrated in the dermis. The yeast-form fungus was identified as T. asahii.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Okayama University Medical School, Shikata-chô 2-5-1, Okayama 700-8558, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takamura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Oono
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kanzaki
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Arata
mesh_terms: D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D012867:Skin / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D014250:Trichosporon / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal