A rare case of urinary tract infection due to Trichosporonasahii in a diabetic patient

Trichosporonasahii is a basidiomycete yeast responsible for white piedra and onychomycosis in the immunocompetent host. In the immunocompromised patients, invasive infections are reported; their diagnosis is difficult and they are associated with high mortality rate. Urinary infection due to Trichos...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Iken, Maryem, Belkouch, Ahmed, Bellarj, Badia, Naoui, Hafida, Boumhil, Laila, El Bouti, Anass, Jidane, Said, Belyamani, Lahcen, Lmimouni, Badreddine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4462556/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26097631
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2015.20.127.6152
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Sumario:Trichosporonasahii is a basidiomycete yeast responsible for white piedra and onychomycosis in the immunocompetent host. In the immunocompromised patients, invasive infections are reported; their diagnosis is difficult and they are associated with high mortality rate. Urinary infection due to Trichosporon Asahi is rare but its incidenceis increasing. We report the case of a 58 year old diabetic patient. The yeast was isolated from urine samples of three consecutive crops in pure form. The patient improved after antifungal therapy.

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