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A case of Trichosporon cutaneum folliculitis and septicaemia
Author(s) -
Chang S. E.,
Kim K. J.,
Lee W. S.,
Choi J. H.,
Sung K. J.,
Moon K. C.,
Koh J. K.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
clinical and experimental dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1365-2230
pISSN - 0307-6938
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2230.2003.01136.x
Subject(s) - trichosporon , fungemia , folliculitis , medicine , dermatology , opportunistic pathogen , microbiology and biotechnology , antifungal , biology , pseudomonas aeruginosa , yeast , bacteria , genetics
Summary Trichosporon cutaneum , a saprophytic fungal organism normally found in the soil, has been increasingly recognized as a cause of life‐threatening systemic illness in immunosuppressed patients including those with leukaemia. Cutaneous involvement occurs in about 30% of patients with T. cutaneum septicaemia although disseminated folliculitis has not been described to our knowledge. We now describe a case of T. cutaneum follicultis due to fungaemia in a neutropenic patient.