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Trichosporon asahii Urinary Tract Infection in a Patient with Severe COVID-19
Trichosporon asahii is a yeast-like basidiomycete that is an emerging opportunistic infection in immunocompromised patients. Urinary tract infections due to T. asahii are rarely reported in the literature and typically seen only in immunocompromised patients. In addition to being immunocompromised,...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8683162/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34925928 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/6841393 |
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author | Cronyn, Verschoyle Howard, John Chiang, Leslie Le, Lisa Tims-Cook, Zandraetta Gertz, Alida M |
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description | Trichosporon asahii is a yeast-like basidiomycete that is an emerging opportunistic infection in immunocompromised patients. Urinary tract infections due to T. asahii are rarely reported in the literature and typically seen only in immunocompromised patients. In addition to being immunocompromised, critically ill COVID-19 patients often have prolonged exposure to antibiotics, corticosteroids, and Foley catheters, which further increases their susceptibility to infection with T. asahii. There are limited case reports documenting successful treatment of T. asahii among hospitalized patients, particularly among COVID-19 patients, in the literature. Therefore, it is important that successful treatment regimens be reported. Here, we report a case of T. asahii urinary tract infection successfully treated with fluconazole and voriconazole in a 73-year-old male recovering from COVID-19. Urinary tract infections with T. asahii should be considered in persistently febrile COVID-19 patients with fungal urinary tract infections since prompt recognition and treatment can reduce the risk of disseminated disease and early mortality. |
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spelling | pubmed-86831622021-12-18 Trichosporon asahii Urinary Tract Infection in a Patient with Severe COVID-19 Cronyn, Verschoyle Howard, John Chiang, Leslie Le, Lisa Tims-Cook, Zandraetta Gertz, Alida M Case Rep Infect Dis Case Report Trichosporon asahii is a yeast-like basidiomycete that is an emerging opportunistic infection in immunocompromised patients. Urinary tract infections due to T. asahii are rarely reported in the literature and typically seen only in immunocompromised patients. In addition to being immunocompromised, critically ill COVID-19 patients often have prolonged exposure to antibiotics, corticosteroids, and Foley catheters, which further increases their susceptibility to infection with T. asahii. There are limited case reports documenting successful treatment of T. asahii among hospitalized patients, particularly among COVID-19 patients, in the literature. Therefore, it is important that successful treatment regimens be reported. Here, we report a case of T. asahii urinary tract infection successfully treated with fluconazole and voriconazole in a 73-year-old male recovering from COVID-19. Urinary tract infections with T. asahii should be considered in persistently febrile COVID-19 patients with fungal urinary tract infections since prompt recognition and treatment can reduce the risk of disseminated disease and early mortality. Hindawi 2021-12-17 /pmc/articles/PMC8683162/ /pubmed/34925928 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/6841393 Text en Copyright © 2021 Verschoyle Cronyn et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Cronyn, Verschoyle Howard, John Chiang, Leslie Le, Lisa Tims-Cook, Zandraetta Gertz, Alida M Trichosporon asahii Urinary Tract Infection in a Patient with Severe COVID-19 |
title |
Trichosporon asahii Urinary Tract Infection in a Patient with Severe COVID-19 |
title_full |
Trichosporon asahii Urinary Tract Infection in a Patient with Severe COVID-19 |
title_fullStr |
Trichosporon asahii Urinary Tract Infection in a Patient with Severe COVID-19 |
title_full_unstemmed |
Trichosporon asahii Urinary Tract Infection in a Patient with Severe COVID-19 |
title_short |
Trichosporon asahii Urinary Tract Infection in a Patient with Severe COVID-19 |
title_sort | trichosporon asahii urinary tract infection in a patient with severe covid-19 |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8683162/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34925928 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/6841393 |
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