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Case Reports
Trichosporon asahii, a non-Candida yeast that caused fatal septic shock in a patient without cancer or neutropenia.
- J R Ebright, M R Fairfax, and J A Vazquez.
- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Wayne State University, and Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, MI 48201, USA. JEbright@intmed.wayne.edu
- Clin. Infect. Dis. 2001 Sep 1; 33 (5): E28-30.
AbstractTrichosporon asahii (formerly Trichosporon beigelii) is an emerging fungal pathogen seen particularly in immunologically compromised patients. There are now approximately 100 reported cases of hematogenously disseminated infections with this life-threatening yeast, and no effective antifungal therapy is available. The present case is unusual because the patient did not have neutropenia or evidence of a malignancy.
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