Disseminated Trichosporonosis in a Burn Patient: Meningitis and Cerebral Abscess Due to Trichosporon asahii
- 1 December 2011
- journal article
- case report
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 49 (12) , 4405-4408
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.05028-11
Abstract
A 44-year-old diabetic female presented to a hospital in Jamaica with thermal burns. Trichosporon asahii was isolated from facial wounds, sputum, and a meningeal swab. Dissemination of the fungus was demonstrated in stained histological sections of the meninges and a brain abscess at autopsy. Pure growth of the fungus from patient samples submitted and an environmental isolate obtained from a wash basin in the hospital supported the diagnosis.Keywords
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