Trichosporon Asahii. Blood-stream Infection in a non-cancer patient receiving Combination Antifungal Therapy

Infections with the non-Candida yeast species Trichosporon have been recognised with increasing frequency over the last two decades. The majority of cases of invasive trichosporonosis have been reported from neutropenic patients with cancer and the mortality is high (64-83%). Other less commonly reported risk groups include patients with organ transplantation (including bone marrow transplantation), burns, prosthetic heart valves, human immunodeficiency virus infection and peritoneal dialysis. We report invasive infection with pathogenic Trichosporon species in a patient without these predisposing factors.