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Disseminated Trichosporon asahii infection |
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Annales de Biologie Clinique. Volume 68, Number 3, 363-6, mai-juin 2010, biologie au quotidien |
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Author(s) : Aurélie Servonnet, Marie Bourgault, François Trueba, Damien Sarret, Elisabeth Nicand |
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Summary : The present report describes a case of disseminated Trichosporon asahii infection. Trichosporon species has emerged as opportunistic infectious yeast in immunocompromised patients and is resistant to echinocandins. These antifungal drugs are not recommended for trichosporonosis treatment and yeast species identification be attempted for all clinical isolates, particularly with respect to the choice of antifungal therapy for specific Trichosporon species. |
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Keywords : Trichosporon asahii, echinocandins, disseminated infection |
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