title: Isolation and antifungal susceptibility testing of Trichosporon asahii in Ceará, Brazil.
abstract: Trichosporon spp. are yeasts capable of causing invasive disease, which mainly affect immunocompromised patients. A clinical strain of T. asahii was isolated from the blood cultures of patients admitted to the General Hospital of Fortaleza. Susceptibility tests were conducted by disk diffusion and broth microdilution. The isolated strain of T. asahii was resistant to fluconazole. The patient used amphotericin B and caspofungin in order to facilitate the microbiological cure. It was the first isolation and identification of T. asahii in blood culture in Ceará, Brazil.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Microbiology of Yeasts, Department of Clinical and Toxicological Analysis, College of Pharmacy, Federal University of Ceará, Brasil.
authors.forename: Everardo Albuquerque
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Menezes
authors.forename: José Arlécio de Sousa
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Marinho
authors.forename: Maria Rozzelê F
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Angelo
authors.forename: Maria da Conceição dos Santos Oliveira
authors.initials: Mda C
authors.lastname: Cunha
authors.forename: Francisco Afrânio
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Cunha
authors.forename: Antônio Alexandre de
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Vasconcelos Júnior
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000382:microbiology*; D015725:Fluconazole / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D008297:Male; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D014250:Trichosporon / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D060586:Trichosporonosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D000666:Amphotericin B; D015725:Fluconazole