Successful treatment of disseminated Trichosporon beigelii (cutaneum) infection with associated splenic involvement

Cancer. 1986 Oct 15;58(8):1630-2. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(19861015)58:8<1630::aid-cncr2820580808>3.0.co;2-m.

Abstract

Fungemia caused by Trichosporon beigelii (cutaneum) has been recently recognized as a fatal infection afflicting immunocompromised patients. The authors report the case of a leukemic patient who developed splenic infection from disseminated T. beigelii. Treatment with amphotericin B, 5-fluorocytosine, and splenectomy proved successful. The etiology of disseminated T. beigelii infection, visceral seeding, and combination antifungal therapy also are discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Amphotericin B / administration & dosage
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Flucytosine / administration & dosage
  • Humans
  • Leukemia, Monocytic, Acute / therapy*
  • Male
  • Mycoses / complications
  • Mycoses / therapy*
  • Opportunistic Infections / therapy*
  • Splenectomy
  • Trichosporon

Substances

  • Amphotericin B
  • Flucytosine