title: Use of DNA sequencing analysis to confirm fungemia due to Trichosporon dermatis in a pediatric patient.
abstract: This is the first reported case of human disease caused by Tricosporon dermatis, an organism recently transferred to the genus Trichosporon from Cryptococcus and now confirmed to be a human pathogen.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Texas Health Science Center, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, Texas 78229, USA. gunn@uthscsa.edu
authors.forename: Shelly R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Gunn
authors.forename: Xavier T
authors.initials: XT
authors.lastname: Reveles
authors.forename: Jeanette D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Hamlington
authors.forename: Lee C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Sadkowski
authors.forename: Teresa L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Johnson-Pais
authors.forename: James H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Jorgensen
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000097:blood* / Q000235:genetics*; D021901:DNA, Intergenic / Q000097:blood / Q000235:genetics; D016469:Fungemia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014250:Trichosporon / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D004271:DNA, Fungal; D021901:DNA, Intergenic