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Trichosporon inkin peritonitis treated with caspofungin
Miguel G Madariaga1, Allan Tenorio, Laurie Proia
1Rush Medical College and Cook County Hospital, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA. migmad@worldnet.att.net
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
|December 10, 2003
Abstract:
Trichosporon inkin is one of six pathogenic species of the genus Trichosporon and the etiologic agent of pubic white piedra. Trichosporon species have been reported as a cause of disseminated infections, particularly among immunosuppressed patients. We describe the third reported case of T. inkin peritonitis associated with peritoneal dialysis and the first to be treated with caspofungin.