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Systemic infection with Trichosporon cutaneum in a patient with acute leukemia: Report of a case
Author(s) -
Gold Jonathan W. M.,
Poston William,
Mertelsmann Roland,
Lange Michael,
Kiehn Timothy,
Edwards Fitzroy,
Bernard Edward,
Christiansen Keryn,
Armstrong Donald
Publication year - 1981
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(19811115)48:10<2163::aid-cncr2820481008>3.0.co;2-t
Subject(s) - medicine , amphotericin b , leukemia , prednisone , autopsy , antibiotics , skin biopsy , dermatology , biopsy , antifungal , pathology , immunology , surgery , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
A case of disseminated infection with Trichosporon cutaneum , a fungus that causes white piedra, is described. The patient, a 58‐year‐old barber with acute leukemia, had fever, myalgias and skin lesions. He was receiving cytotoxic drug therapy and prednisone, was severely neutropenic and was being treated with broad spectrum antibiotics. Blood cultures and a biopsy of the skin lesion grew T. cutaneum . He died despite amphotericin B therapy. At autopsy, widespread infection with T. cutaneum was present. T. cutaneum is another fungus capable of causing widespread systemic disease in the immunocompromised host.