title: Trichosporon asahii, a non-Candida yeast that caused fatal septic shock in a patient without cancer or neutropenia.
abstract: Trichosporon asahii (formerly Trichosporon beigelii) is an emerging fungal pathogen seen particularly in immunologically compromised patients. There are now approximately 100 reported cases of hematogenously disseminated infections with this life-threatening yeast, and no effective antifungal therapy is available. The present case is unusual because the patient did not have neutropenia or evidence of a malignancy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Wayne State University, and Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, MI 48201, USA. JEbright@intmed.wayne.edu
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Ebright
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Fairfax
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Vazquez
mesh_terms: D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009181:Mycoses / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D014250:Trichosporon / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents