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Successful treatment of disseminated trichosporon beigelii (cutaneum) infection with associated splenic involvement
Author(s) -
Bhansali Sanjay,
Karanes Chatchada,
Palutke Waldemar,
Crane Lawrence,
Kiel Raphael,
Ratanatharathorn Voravit
Publication year - 1986
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(19861015)58:8<1630::aid-cncr2820580808>3.0.co;2-m
Subject(s) - medicine , fungemia , splenectomy , etiology , amphotericin b , dermatology , immunology , antifungal , spleen , pathology
Fungemia caused by Trichosporon beigelii (cutaneum ) has been recently recognized as a fatal infection afflicting immunocompromised patients. The authors report the case of a leukemic patient who developed splenic infection from disseminated T. beigelii . Treatment with amphotericin B, 5‐fluorocytosine, and splenectomy proved successful. The etiology of disseminated T , beigelii infection, visceral seeding, and combination antifungal therapy also are discussed.