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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2006, p. 2657-2659, Vol. 44, No. 7
0095-1137/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00208-06
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Sternal Wound Infection by Trichosporon inkin following Cardiac Surgery

Frances Davies,1* Sarah Logan,1 Elizabeth Johnson,2 and John L. Klein1

Department of Infection, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London,1 Health Protection Agency Mycology Reference Laboratory, Bristol, United Kingdom2

Received 30 January 2006/ Returned for modification 9 February 2006/ Accepted 24 April 2006

Wound infection following cardiac surgery is well described but is rarely due to fungal infection. We describe a case of sternal wound infection caused by Trichosporon inkin with a fatal outcome, in an immunocompetent patient following aortic root surgery.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Infection, 5th Floor North Wing, St Thomas' Hospital, Lambeth Palace Road, London, United Kingdom, SE1 7EH. Phone: 44 (0) 2071883100. Fax: 44 (0) 2071883146. E-mail: Frances.Davies{at}gstt.nhs.uk.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2006, p. 2657-2659, Vol. 44, No. 7
0095-1137/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00208-06
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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