Successful treatment of septic shock with purpura fulminans caused by Trichosporon asahii in an immunocompetent patient.
Trichosporon asahii is an emerging mycosis characterized by high mortality rate in immunologically compromised patients. Only a few cases have been reported in immunocompetent subjects. We report a 46-yr-old man who had been healthy and who presented with septic shock and purpura fulminans caused by Trichosporon asahii. He responded well to antifungal therapy with amphotericin B and voriconazole.
Kim
Youn Jeong
YJ
Department of Internal Medicine, Kangnam St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Kim
Sang Il
SI
Kim
Yang Ree
YR
Park
Young Min
YM
Park
Yeon Joon
YJ
Kang
Moon Won
MW
D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D011695:IgA Vasculitis / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy*; D007121:Immunocompetence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009181:Mycoses / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy*; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D014250:Trichosporon / Q000302:isolation & purification
D000935:Antifungal Agents