title: Trichosporon asahii: an unusual cause of invasive infection in neonates.
abstract: Trichosporon asahii causes white piedra, an infection of hair shafts and onychomycosis in immunocompetent patients, as well as various localized or disseminated invasive infections in immunodeficient hosts. We describe a 26-week gestation 890-g vaginally delivered female neonate who had severe respiratory distress syndrome and on the sixth day of life developed Klebsiella pneumoniae sepsis. At the same time two blood cultures were positive for T. asahii. The neonate was also colonized with T. asahii in the pharynx and perineum. The infant was successfully treated with conventional amphotericin B.
authors.affiliation: Third Department of Pediatrics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: Paraskevi
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Panagopoulou
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Evdoridou
authors.forename: Evangelia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bibashi
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Filioti
authors.forename: Danai
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sofianou
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kremenopoulos
authors.forename: Emmanuel
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Roilides
mesh_terms: D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases; D007710:Klebsiella Infections / Q000150:complications; D007711:Klebsiella pneumoniae / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D009181:Mycoses / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D012127:Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn / Q000209:etiology; D018805:Sepsis; D014250:Trichosporon / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity*
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D000666:Amphotericin B