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Breakthrough trichosporonosis in a bone marrow transplant recipient receiving caspofungin acetate
Daniel Goodman1, Eric Pamer, Ann Jakubowski
1Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, 10021, USA. goodmand@mskcc.org
Abstract:
We report a case of invasive trichosporonosis due to Trichosporon beigelii originating in the left wrist of a bone marrow transplant recipient who was receiving caspofungin acetate as prophylaxis against invasive Aspergillus infection. While the patient's neutrophil count was recovering, treatment with fluconazole and amphotericin B lipid complex resulted in a complete clinical response.