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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2006, p. 1175-1177, Vol. 44, No. 3
0095-1137/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.44.3.1175-1177.2006
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Use of DNA Sequencing Analysis To Confirm Fungemia Due to Trichosporon dermatis in a Pediatric Patient

Shelly R. Gunn,1* Xavier T. Reveles,2 Jeanette D. Hamlington,2 Lee C. Sadkowski,3 Teresa L. Johnson-Pais,2 and James H. Jorgensen1

Department of Pathology,1 Department of Cellular and Structural Biology, University of Texas Health Science Center,2 VA Mycology Reference Laboratory, Audie Murphy Memorial Veterans Hospital, San Antonio, Texas3

Received 7 October 2005/ Returned for modification 8 November 2005/ Accepted 30 November 2005

This is the first reported case of human disease caused by Tricosporon dermatis, an organism recently transferred to the genus Trichosporon from Cryptococcus and now confirmed to be a human pathogen.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: UTHSCSA, Pathology, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78229. Phone: (210) 567-3913. Fax: (210) 567-3803. E-mail: gunn{at}uthscsa.edu.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2006, p. 1175-1177, Vol. 44, No. 3
0095-1137/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.44.3.1175-1177.2006
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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