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Trichosporon asahii fatal infection in a non‐neutropenic patient after orthotopic liver transplantation
Author(s) -
Abdala E.,
Lopes R.I.,
Chaves C.N.,
HeinsVaccari E.M.,
ShikanaiYasuda M.A.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
transplant infectious disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.69
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1399-3062
pISSN - 1398-2273
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2005.00104.x
Subject(s) - medicine , trichosporon , liver transplantation , neutropenia , amphotericin b , orthotopic liver transplantation , transplantation , antifungal , chemotherapy , dermatology , yeast , biology , genetics
Abstract:Trichosporon asahii is a yeast that may cause systemic infection, especially in neutropenic patients. To our knowledge, only two cases of invasive infection with Trichosporon were previously described in liver transplant recipients. We describe an additional case of T. asahii infection after orthotopic liver transplantation in a non‐neutropenic patient who had no known risk factor for invasive fungal infection, and died in spite of amphotericin B therapy.