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Trichosporon sepsis and leukemia
Author(s) -
Rivera Robert,
Cangir Ayten
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(197509)36:3<1106::aid-cncr2820360340>3.0.co;2-z
Subject(s) - medicine , trichosporon , scalp , dermatology , leukemia , sepsis , immunology , biology , yeast , genetics
Trichosporon cutaneum is a fungus known to cause superficial nodules over the distal third of hair shafts, mainly scalp hair, and to produce a clinical entity known as piedra. This superficial mycosis occurs mostly in temperate and tropical regions and is rarely seen in North America. Trichosporon cutaneum sepsis is described here in a 12‐year‐old boy with acute lymphocytic leukemia in relapse. To our knowledge this is the first case reported in the literature. Emphasis is made of the increasing rate of fungal diseases as well as of “opportunistic” infections in this type of immunosuppressed patient.