Three cases of severe pneumonia caused by Trichosporon asahii and literature review
ZHANG Hongxia
ZOU Fang
WANG Bu
LI Maochen
PENG Xiaocui
LIU Jianhua
ZHANG Zhihua
Abstract:Trichosporon asahii,which can cause superficial and invasive infections,primarily affecting immunocompro-mised hosts with potentially fatal consequences.Three cases of pulmonary infection caused by Trichosporon asahii in pa-tients with immune dysfunction were reported.Three patients were treated with voriconazole and eventually dying of system-ic multiple organ failure.
Keywords:Trichosporon asahiibronchoscopealveolar lavage fluidantifungal therapy
Publication Date:2024-04-28
Online Publishing Date:2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages:6( 161-165,172 )
Chinese Journal of Mycology

Chinese Journal of Mycology

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ISSN:1673-3827
Year, Vol.(Issue):2024,19(2)