A Case of Trichosporon asahii Fungemia with Urinary Tract Infection as a Primary Focus.
- Author:
Zehwan KIM
1
;
Kyung Eun SONG
;
Won Kil LEE
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Fungemia; Renal stone; Trichosporon asahii
- MeSH: Fungemia*; Genes, rRNA; Humans; Male; Trichosporon*; Trichosporonosis; Urinary Tract Infections*
- From:Annals of Clinical Microbiology 2015;18(2):56-59
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
- Abstract: Since the report of disseminated trichosporonosis in 1970s, several cases of infection by various Trichosporon species in different clinical patients were published. We've isolated a strain of T. asahii from not only blood but also urine. We report 71 year-old male patient with Trichosporon asahii fungemia, who had renal stones. It was identified as T. asahii using conventional method and also confirmed by 18S rRNA gene sequencing. The patient was discharged without any complication, in which case only antibiotic agent was used without any antifungal one.
