A Case of Trichosporon beigelii Fungemia Treated with Amphotericin B and Fluconazole in a Patient with Acute Myelogenous Leukemia.
- Author:
Moon Ju JANG
1
;
Yeo Kyung LEE
;
Ki Chul HAN
;
Seong Geun HONG
;
Myung Seo KANG
;
Doyeun OH
;
So Young CHONG
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine Bundang CHA Hospital, College of Medicine, Pochon CHA University, Sungnam, Korea. sychong@cha.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Trichosporon beigelii;
Neutropenia;
Fungemia;
Acute myelogenous leukemia
- MeSH:
Amphotericin B*;
Drug Therapy;
Fluconazole*;
Fungemia*;
Hair;
Humans;
Immunocompromised Host;
Leukemia;
Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute*;
Neutropenia;
Piedra;
Remission Induction;
Trichosporon*;
Trichosporonosis
- From:Korean Journal of Hematology
2004;39(2):109-112
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Trichosporon beigelii is a causative agent of white piedra, an superficial hair shaft infection in immunocompetent individuals, and rarely of disseminated trichosporonosis in immunocompromised patients especially in neutropenic patients with leukemia. Trichosporon infections in immunocompromised patients are frequently fatal despite therapy with amphotericin B. We describe an acute myelogenous leukemia patient with T. beigelii fungemia after remission induction chemotherapy who was successfully treated with amphotericin B and fluconazole.
