Trichosporon loubieri Fungemia in a 39-Year-Old Caucasian Woman With B-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Lab Med. 2016 Aug;47(3):255-8. doi: 10.1093/labmed/lmw026.

Abstract

We report a case of Trichosporon loubieri (T. loubieri) fungemia with likely liver involvement in a 39-year-old Caucasian patient with relapsed B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia after an allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant. This is the fifth published case of T. loubieri infection and only the third case of T. loubieri fungemia, to our knowledge. All 3 cases of T. loubieri infection with fungemia had liver involvement.

Keywords: 1-3 beta-D-glucan; D2 region; Trichosporon loubieri; disseminated trichosporon; fungemia; sequencing; trichosporon.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Basidiomycota
  • Female
  • Fungemia / diagnosis*
  • Fungemia / microbiology
  • Fungemia / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Microbiological Techniques
  • Microscopy
  • Precursor B-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / complications*
  • Transplantation, Homologous / adverse effects
  • Trichosporon / isolation & purification*
  • Trichosporonosis / diagnosis*
  • Trichosporonosis / microbiology
  • Trichosporonosis / pathology*
  • White People