Abstract

BASTIDAS, ALIRIO R. et al. RESPIRATORY BRONCHIOLITIS AND DESQUAMATIVE INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA ASSOCIATED WITH FUNGEMIA BY TRICHOSPORON ASAHII IN IMMUNOCOMPETENT: A CASE REPORT. rev.fac.med [online]. 2016, vol.24, n.1, pp.89-96. ISSN 0121-5256.  https://doi.org/10.18359/rmed.2336.

Trichosporon asahii is an emerging fungal pathogen reported in the medical literature mainly in immunologically compromised patients. However, this case is unusual because is a young immunocompetent patient who developed fungemia by T. asahii simultaneously with acute respiratory failure, respiratory bronchiolitis and desquamative interstitial pneumonia, who responded satisfactorily to ventilatory support and antifungal therapy.

Keywords : Immunocompetence; Fungemia; Trichosporon asahii; Desquamative pneumonia.

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