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Isolation and antifungal susceptibility testing of Trichosporon asahii in Ceará, Brazil
- Source :
- Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, Vol 54, Iss 1, Pp 1-3 (2012)
- Publication Year :
- 2012
- Publisher :
- Universidade de São Paulo (USP), 2012.
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Abstract
- 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.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 16789946 and 00364665
- Volume :
- 54
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.56bab5e920bb48689586834618b827ea
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46652012000100001