ABSTRACT
Trichosporon beigelli has been reported to cause invasive disease such as blood stream infection in severely immunocompromised patients. Two cases of urinary and disseminated trichosporonosis by Trichosporon beigelli in hospitalized patients, with predisposing factors such as prolonged hospital stay, continuous urinary catheterization and broad spectrum antibiotics are reported.
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Adolescent , Antifungal Agents/therapeutic use , Blood/microbiology , Hospitalization , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Mycoses/drug therapy , Trichosporon , Urine/microbiologyABSTRACT
A case of Aspergillus terreus causing sclerosing mediastinitis which presented with symptoms of cardiorespiratory compromise and compressive myelopathy is described. The diagnosis was established by culturing and isolating the fungus in pure culture from the tissue and was also confirmed by demonstration of sepcific precipitating antibodies against Aspergillus terreus in patient's serum.