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...

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...

Original Article Piedra hair infection is a fungal infection of the hair characterized by the presence of nodules of different hardness on the surface of hair shafts. Two types of Piedras have been found, White Piedra and Black Piedra. White Piedra caused by Basidiomycetous yeast Trichosporon spp. and Black Piedra caused by the ascomycete Piedraia hortae and Trichosporon ovoides. The low spread...

Fungi produce a broad spectrum of enzymes capable of degrading different substrates in nature. When the substrate is the tissue of a vertebrate host, these enzymes acts as a fungal virulence factor that increases the pathogenicity of the fungus. Trichosporon yeasts are emerging pathogens that infect immunocompromised patients. Little is known about the virulence characteristics of these fungi. ...

background and purpose: trichosporon is a genus of anamorphic basidiomycetous yeast which is widely distributed in nature and is found in tropical and temperate areas. the aim of this work was to study the isolation, identification and molecular analysis of trichosporon species in soil. materials and methods: in order to isolate and identify trichosporon species in soil, 30 samples were collect...

BACKGROUND The oleaginous yeast, Trichosporon oleaginosus, has been extensively studied for its ability to metabolize non-conventional feedstocks. These include phenol-containing waste streams, such as distillery wastewater, or streams consisting of non-conventional sugars, such as hydrolyzed biomass and various bagasse. An initial BLAST search suggests this yeast has putative aromatic metaboli...

Trichosporon asahii and Trichosporon mucoides are the most common strains of fungi that cause disseminated trichosporonosis, a severe opportunistic infection in immunocompromised hosts. We have previously established a nested PCR assay using serum samples for detection of both strains. Here we describe a new experimental animal model for investigating the underlying mechanisms of disseminated t...

Trichosporon asahii (Trichosporon beigelii) infections are rare but have been associated with a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations, ranging from superficial involvement in immunocompetent individuals to severe systemic disease in immunocompromised patients. We report on the recent recovery of T. asahii isolates with reduced susceptibility in vitro to amphotericin B (AMB), flucytosine, and...