title: A case of Trichosporon cutaneum folliculitis and septicaemia.
abstract: Trichosporon cutaneum, a saprophytic fungal organism normally found in the soil, has been increasingly recognized as a cause of life-threatening systemic illness in immunosuppressed patients including those with leukaemia. Cutaneous involvement occurs in about 30% of patients with T. cutaneum septicaemia although disseminated folliculitis has not been described to our knowledge. We now describe a case of T. cutaneum follicultis due to fungaemia in a neutropenic patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan, Songpa-gu, Seoul, Korea. cse@snu.md
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: W S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Sung
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Moon
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Koh
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D005148:Facial Dermatoses / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D005499:Folliculitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009181:Mycoses / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D009503:Neutropenia / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D018805:Sepsis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D014250:Trichosporon