Breast implant infection caused by Trichosporon beigelii

Bhavananda T Reddy; Harrys A Torres; Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis

doi:10.1080/00365540110026895

Breast implant infection caused by Trichosporon beigelii

Scand J Infect Dis. 2002;34(2):143-4. doi: 10.1080/00365540110026895.

Authors

Bhavananda T Reddy¹, Harrys A Torres, Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis

Affiliation

¹ Department of Infections Diseases, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston 77030, USA.

PMID: 11928852
DOI: 10.1080/00365540110026895

Abstract

We describe herein an immunocompetent patient who developed a breast implant infection caused by Trichosporon beigelii. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of such an infection.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
Breast Implants / microbiology*
Female
Fluconazole / therapeutic use
Humans
Immunocompetence
Mycoses / drug therapy
Mycoses / microbiology
Prosthesis-Related Infections / drug therapy
Prosthesis-Related Infections / microbiology*
Trichosporon / isolation & purification*

Substances

Antifungal Agents
Fluconazole