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A rare case of disseminated infection with Trichosporon asahii ( T. asahii ) in a fifty year old immunocompetent male patient with tetraplegia with history of fever for ten days. Blood culture and urine culture showed growth of Trichosporon asahii . Identification was based on microscopic picture, colony morphology, conventional biochemical test and by means of Vitek 2 Compact System version: 06.01 (bioMerieux, France). Antifungal susceptibility testing was done by disk diffusion method. It was found sensitive to fluconazole, voriconazole and amphotericin B. Patient responded well to intravenous fluconazole treatment. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of disseminated Trichosporon asahii in immunocompetent patient in Eastern India. |
