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Case Reports
. 2004 May;42(5):2341-4.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.42.5.2341-2344.2004.

Clinical case of endocarditis due to Trichosporon inkin and antifungal susceptibility profile of the organism

Jose M Ramos  1 , Manuel Cuenca-Estrella, Felix Gutierrez, Matilde Elia, Juan L Rodriguez-Tudela
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Clinical case of endocarditis due to Trichosporon inkin and antifungal susceptibility profile of the organism

Jose M Ramos et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2004 May.

Abstract

A fatal case of Trichosporon inkin prosthetic endocarditis is reported. The isolation sites and susceptibility profiles of 10 other isolates are also reviewed. Four strains were recovered from cutaneous or subcutaneous samples, four were recovered from urine, one was recovered from peritoneal liquid, and one was recovered from bone. Voriconazole and amphotericin B had the most potent activities in vitro against the isolates, with MIC geometric means of 0.11 and 0.30 microg/ml, respectively.

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