Disseminated Trichosporon infection. A case report and immunohistochemical study

Arch Pathol Lab Med. 1994 Feb;118(2):191-4.

Abstract

An autopsy case of disseminated Trichosporon beigelii infection in a patient with acute promyelocytic leukemia is presented. We diagnosed the T beigelii infection with immunoperoxidase method using our rabbit antiserum to T beigelii. The diagnosis of T beigelii infection is difficult, because of its close resemblance to Candida species in both clinical features and histopathologic findings. We could consistently identify T beigelii in tissue sections with the present immunohistologic method. We conclude that the immunoperoxidase method using antiserum to T beigelii is very useful to diagnose T beigelii infection.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cadaver
  • Fluorescent Antibody Technique
  • Humans
  • Immunoenzyme Techniques
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mycoses / diagnostic imaging
  • Mycoses / microbiology
  • Mycoses / pathology*
  • Radiography, Thoracic
  • Trichosporon* / isolation & purification