Disseminated trichosporonosis caused by Trichosporon loubieri.
Trichosporonosis is an emerging invasive fungal infection in immunosuppressed patients; a case of disseminated infection caused by Trichosporon loubieri presented confirms its role as a human pathogen.
Marty
Francisco M
FM
Division of Infectious Diseases, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA. fmarty@partners.org
Barouch
Dan H
DH
Coakley
Eoin P
EP
Baden
Lindsey R
LR
D001483:Base Sequence; D017931:DNA Primers; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009181:Mycoses / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D013154:Spleen / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D014250:Trichosporon / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity
D017931:DNA Primers; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal