LILACS – Literatura Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Ciencias de la Salud

Emergence of Trichosporon mycotoxinivorans (Apiotrichum mycotoxinivorans) invasive infections in Latin America

Almeida Jr, João Nobrega de; Francisco, Elaine Cristina; Barberino, Maria Goreth M de Andrade; Silva Filho, Luiz Vicente Ribeiro F da; Brandão, Oriana M; Colombo, Arnaldo Lopes; Padovan, Ana Carolina Barbosa.

Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz; 112 (10), 2017

We report the first two cases of Trichosporon mycotoxinivorans infections in Latin America. We also conducted a literature review and a microbiological investigation, including that of clinical and environmental isolates. A 30-year-old man with chronic renal failure had disseminated infection after dialy...

Antifúngicos/farmacología, Biopelículas/crecimiento & desarrollo, Brasil/epidemiología, Genotipo, América Latina, Pruebas de Sensibilidad Microbiana, Trichosporon/clasificación, Trichosporon/efectos de los fármacos, Trichosporon/genética, Tricosporonosis/diagnóstico, Tricosporonosis/epidemiología, Tricosporonosis/microbiología

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White piedra: molecular identification of Trichosporon inkin in members of the same family

INTRODUCTION: White piedra is a superficial mycosis caused by the genus Trichosporon and characterized by nodules on hair shaft. METHODS: The authors report a family referred to as pediculosis. Mycological culture on Mycosel® plus molecular identification was performed to precisely identify the etiology...