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Case Reports
. 2011 Dec;49(12):4405-8.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.05028-11. Epub 2011 Oct 19.

Disseminated trichosporonosis in a burn patient: meningitis and cerebral abscess due to Trichosporon asahii

Orville D Heslop  1 , May-Phyo Nyi Nyi, Sean P Abbott, Lois E Rainford, Daphney M Castle, Kathleen C M Coard
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Case Reports

Disseminated trichosporonosis in a burn patient: meningitis and cerebral abscess due to Trichosporon asahii

Orville D Heslop et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2011 Dec.

Abstract

A 44-year-old diabetic female presented to a hospital in Jamaica with thermal burns. Trichosporon asahii was isolated from facial wounds, sputum, and a meningeal swab. Dissemination of the fungus was demonstrated in stained histological sections of the meninges and a brain abscess at autopsy. Pure growth of the fungus from patient samples submitted and an environmental isolate obtained from a wash basin in the hospital supported the diagnosis.

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Figures

Fig. 1.
Fig. 1.
Photomicrograph of brain tissue adjacent to an abscess cavity showing fungal elements of T. asahii. PAS staining; magnification, ×300.
Fig. 2.
Fig. 2.
Blood agar with T. asahii colonies showing radiating furrows and umbonate centers after 7 days of incubation at 37°C.
Fig. 3.
Fig. 3.
Photomicrograph of unstained T. asahii showing arthroconidia, some with terminal and oval conidia produced on CMA after 7 days of incubation at 25°C. Magnification, ×400.
Fig. 4.
Fig. 4.
Photomicrograph of T. asahii showing cubical to barrel-shaped arthroconidia produced on CMA after 7 days of incubation at 30°C. Magnification, ×400.
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