title: Successful treatment of septic shock with purpura fulminans caused by Trichosporon asahii in an immunocompetent patient.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Kangnam St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Youn Jeong
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Sang Il
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Yang Ree
authors.initials: YR
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Young Min
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Yeon Joon
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Moon Won
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Kang
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents