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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 2003, p. 5317-5320, Vol. 41, No. 11
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.11.5317-5320.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Disseminated Trichosporonosis Caused by Trichosporon loubieri

Francisco M. Marty,1* Dan H. Barouch,1 Eoin P. Coakley,2 and Lindsey R. Baden1,3

Division of Infectious Diseases, Brigham & Women's Hospital,1 Dana-Farber Cancer Institute,3 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 021152

Received 1 March 2003/ Returned for modification 16 July 2003/ Accepted 19 August 2003

Trichosporonosis is an emerging invasive fungal infection in immunosuppressed patients; a case of disseminated infection caused by Trichosporon loubieri presented confirms its role as a human pathogen.


* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Division of Infectious Diseases, Brigham & Women's Hospital, 75 Francis St., PBB-A4, Boston, MA 02115. Phone: (617) 732-8881. Fax: (617) 732-6829. E-mail: fmarty{at}partners.org.


Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 2003, p. 5317-5320, Vol. 41, No. 11
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.11.5317-5320.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.




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