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Original Article
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Korean J Med. 2009;77(4):527-530.
- 국내 암환자에서 발생한Trichosporon pullulans 진균혈증 1예
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서기우, 정진원, 조선영, 박금보래, 이미경
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- A Korean cancer patient with Trichosporon pullulans fungemia
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Ki-Woo Seo, Jin-Won Chung, Sun-Young Cho, Bo Rae G. Park, Mi Kyung Lee
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- Abstract
- Trichosporon pullulans has recently been recognized as a human pathogen. Given its rarity, however, few reports describe infection
attributable to this fungal pathogen. In immunocompromised hosts, T. pullulans infection is associated with significant
mortality. For the first time in Korea, we report a case of T. pullulans infection in a non‐neutropenic patient. A 70‐year‐old woman
was diagnosed with metastatic colon cancer. She did not undergo chemotherapy and received only supportive care and intravenous
nutrition via the subclavian vein. Sixteen days after admission, a fever developed. Three sets of blood culture and a catheter tip culture
were carried out and T. pullulans grew in all cultures. Although she was treated with amphotericin B deoxycholate and catheter
removal, she died on hospital day 40 due to persistent fungemia. (Korean J Med 77:527-530, 2009)
Keywords :Trichosporon, Immunocompromised host, Fungemia
