Trichosporon spp. are emerging as opportunistic agents that cause systemic diseases in immunocompromised hosts. Trichosporonosis carries a poor prognosis in neutropenic patients. Trichosporon japonicum was isolated from the air and named by Sugita et al. Here we present the first case of T. japonicum isolated from a clinical specimen. Two cases of acute myeloid leukemia who had Trichosporon iso...

BERNARD TESTA,*? PETER JENNER,$ GAVIN J. KILPATRICK,$ NABIL EL TAYAR,* HAN VAN DE WATERBEEMD* and C. DAVID MARSDENS * School of Pharmacy, University of Lausanne, CH-1005 Lausanne, Switzerland; and $ Medical Research Council Movement Disorder Research Group, University Department of Neurology and Parkinson’s Disease Society Research Centre, Institute of Psychiatry and King’s College Hospital Med...

a Social, Genetic, Developmental & Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, London SE5 8AF, United Kingdom b School of Education, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716 USA c Psychology Department, Logan Hall 160, University of New Mexico, MSC03 2220 Albuquerque, NM 87131 USA d Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of New Mexico, MSCO8 4640, Albuque...

Background: Carotid artery stenting (CAS) has recently been recommended as an alternative to carotid endarterectomy (CEA) by some clinicians. Objective: This study was designed to evaluate the success rate and in-hospital and 30-day adverse events in our first experiences in Iran for CAS with protection devices, to document our results and guide further use of CAS. Methods: From December 2...

Giulia Povellato*, Richard I. Tuxworth*, Diane P. Hanger and Guy Tear MRC Centre for Developmental Neurobiology, King’s College London, New Hunt’s House, Guy’s Hospital Campus, London SE1 1UL, UK School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Birmingham, The Medical School, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK Department of Neuroscience, King’s College London, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespig...

S. ALIAKBAR,*t P. R. BROWN,* E. JAUNIAUX,t D. E. BIDWELLS and K. H. NlCOLAIDESt *Department of Biochemistry, King’s College London, Strand, London WC2R 2L.S. tllarris Birthright Research Centre for Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, King’s College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8RX, and $ Nufield Laboratories of Comparative Medicine, The Zoological Society of London, ...

Author details Population and Patient Health, King’s College London Dental Institute, Denmark Hill Campus, Bessemer Road, London SE5 9RS, UK. Oral Medicine Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Damascus University, Damascus, Syria. Eastman Dental Institute, University College London, London WC1X 8LD, UK. Centre for International Child Oral Health, King’s College London, 26-29 Drury Lane, Rooms 329-...

Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, 240 Albert Sabin Way, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA, Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiology, University of Chicago, 5841 S.Maryland,MC6088,Chicago, IL60637,USA, CardiovascularDivision,King’sCollegeLondon,125ColdharbourLane, London SE5 9NU, UK and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Cin...

Ghee is widely produced from a traditional fermented butter-like product named mashita in western Uganda. However, no detailed studies have been done to identify the microorganisms involved in mashita fermentation. The aim of this study was to identify the microorganisms present at the end of mashita ripening using culture-dependent and culture-independent techniques. The most commonly identifi...

Invasive Trichosporon mucoides infections are very rare in uremic patients. They are almost exclusively seen in immunocompromised patients, especially in the setting of neutropenic patients with hematologic malignancies. We report the case of a 62-year-old uremic woman, without neutropenia and on maintenance hemodialysis for four years, who developed nosocomial disseminated Trichosporonosis muc...