Isolation and antifungal susceptibility testing of Trichosporon asahii in Ceará, Brazil

Trichosporon spp. are yeasts capable of causing invasive disease, which mainly affect immunocompromised patients. A clinical strain of T. asahii was isolated from the blood cultures of patients admitted to the General Hospital of Fortaleza. Susceptibility tests were conducted by disk diffusion and broth microdilution. The isolated strain of T. asahii was resistant to fluconazole. The patient used amphotericin B and caspofungin in order to facilitate the microbiological cure. It was the first isolation and identification of T. asahii in blood culture in Ceará, Brazil.

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Main Authors: Menezes,Everardo Albuquerque, Marinho,José Arlécio de Sousa, Angelo,Maria Rozzelê F., Cunha,Maria da Conceição dos Santos Oliveira, Cunha,Francisco Afrânio, Vasconcelos Júnior,Antônio Alexandre de
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo 2012
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652012000100001
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