Trichosporonosis

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Trichosporonosis
Specialty Infectious disease, respirology

Trichosporonosis is a systemic disease associated with fungi in the genus Trichosporon .

It can appear in patients who are immunosuppressed. [1]

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References

  1. Marty FM, Barouch DH, Coakley EP, Baden LR (November 2003). "Disseminated trichosporonosis caused by Trichosporon loubieri". J. Clin. Microbiol. 41 (11): 5317–20. doi:10.1128/JCM.41.11.5317-5320.2003. PMC   262469 . PMID   14605194.