TY - JOUR
T1 - Disseminated Trichosporon Infection
T2 - Occurrence in an Immunosuppressed Patient With Chronic Active Hepatitis
AU - Kirmani, Nigar
AU - Tuazon, Carmelita U.
AU - Geelhoed, Glenn W.
PY - 1980/2
Y1 - 1980/2
N2 - A 62-year-old woman with chronic active hepatitis receiving immunosuppressive drugs was initially admitted with sepsis secondary to an intra-abdominal abscess caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae. She had a stormy course despite adequate antimicrobial therapy. Her postoperative course was further complicated by a fungal infection. Blood, urine, and sputum cultures were positive for Trichosporon. Antifungal therapy was given but her condition deteriorated and she died. At autopsy, a disseminated fungal infection was found. Diagnosis and management of such infections in the immunosuppressed host are difficult.
AB - A 62-year-old woman with chronic active hepatitis receiving immunosuppressive drugs was initially admitted with sepsis secondary to an intra-abdominal abscess caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae. She had a stormy course despite adequate antimicrobial therapy. Her postoperative course was further complicated by a fungal infection. Blood, urine, and sputum cultures were positive for Trichosporon. Antifungal therapy was given but her condition deteriorated and she died. At autopsy, a disseminated fungal infection was found. Diagnosis and management of such infections in the immunosuppressed host are difficult.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0018842855&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1001/archinte.1980.00330140135035
DO - 10.1001/archinte.1980.00330140135035
M3 - Article
C2 - 7188729
AN - SCOPUS:0018842855
SN - 0003-9926
VL - 140
SP - 277
EP - 278
JO - Archives of internal medicine
JF - Archives of internal medicine
IS - 2
ER -