Cavitating pneumonia due to Trichosporon beigelii in a patient with acute myeloid leukaemia

J Infect. 1989 Jul;19(1):65-8. doi: 10.1016/s0163-4453(89)94954-2.

Abstract

A 21-year-old man with acute myeloid leukaemia developed cavitating pneumonia while neutropenic and on broad spectrum antibiotics following induction chemotherapy. Trichosporon beigelii was isolated from several samples of sputum. He was successfully treated with amphotericin B. Previous reports of lung infection with this organism are reviewed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Amphotericin B / therapeutic use
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Leukemia, Myeloid / complications*
  • Leukemia, Myeloid / drug therapy
  • Lung Diseases, Fungal / complications
  • Lung Diseases, Fungal / drug therapy
  • Lung Diseases, Fungal / microbiology*
  • Male
  • Mitosporic Fungi / isolation & purification*
  • Neutropenia / etiology
  • Pneumonia / complications
  • Pneumonia / drug therapy
  • Pneumonia / microbiology*
  • Sputum / microbiology*
  • Trichosporon / isolation & purification*

Substances

  • Amphotericin B