Chronic disseminated Trichosporon asahii infection in a leukemic child

Clin Infect Dis. 2002 Jul 15;35(2):e22-5. doi: 10.1086/340983. Epub 2002 Jun 13.

Abstract

We report a case of chronic disseminated Trichosporon asahii infection in a leukemic child. Administration of amphotericin B lipid complex resulted in rapid control and improvement of the initial infection but failed to prevent the development of chronic disseminated disease. Cure was achieved after treatment was changed to a 20-month course of itraconazole. This case report demonstrates that Trichosporon species can cause chronic disseminated disease with a pattern similar to that of disease caused by Candida species.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Adolescent
  • Chronic Disease
  • Humans
  • Leukemia / drug therapy
  • Leukemia / microbiology*
  • Liver Diseases / microbiology
  • Mycoses / diagnosis*
  • Mycoses / drug therapy
  • Trichosporon* / drug effects
  • Trichosporon* / isolation & purification