Disseminated Trichosporon asahii infection presenting as eosinophilia in an immunocompetent patient: A case report

Indian J Med Microbiol. 2021 Oct-Dec;39(4):552-555. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmmb.2021.05.021. Epub 2021 Jun 27.

Abstract

Trichosporon are naturally found in external environments and are a part of the normal flora of the human skin, respiratory tract, and gastrointestinal tract. Disseminated Trichosporon infection occurs sporadically in patients with immunodeficiency, and is mainly manifested as blood, urine, catheter, and thorax/peritoneum infections, rarely as lymphatic, liver and spleen infections. Elevated blood eosinophil granulocyte from Trichosporon infection have rarely been reported. Here, we report a rare Case of eosinophilia associated with lymphatic and liver and spleen infections due to Trichosporon asahii in an immunocompetent patient. No reports of eosinophilia from Trichosporon infections other than lung, to our knowledge, have been published.

Keywords: Eosinophilia; Immunocompetent patient; Trichosporon asahii.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
  • Basidiomycota*
  • Eosinophilia* / diagnosis
  • Eosinophilia* / drug therapy
  • Humans
  • Trichosporon*
  • Trichosporonosis* / diagnosis
  • Trichosporonosis* / drug therapy

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents

Supplementary concepts

  • Trichosporon asahii