Trichosporon inkin Endocarditis: Short-Term Evolution and Clinical Report

• Published in: Clinical infectious diseases Vol. 23; no. 2; pp. 396 - 397
• Main Authors: Chaumentin, G., Boibieux, A., Piens, M. A., Douchet, C., Buttard, P., Bertrand, J. L., Peyramond, D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chicago, IL University of Chicago Press 01.08.1996
• Subjects: Antibodies; Biological and medical sciences; Blood; Brief Reports; Endocarditis; Endocarditis - drug therapy; Endocarditis - microbiology; Endocarditis - physiopathology; Eosinophils; Fever; Heart valves; Human mycoses; Humans; Infectious diseases; Lower extremity; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Miscellaneous mycoses; Mycoses; Mycoses - drug therapy; Mycoses - microbiology; Mycoses - physiopathology; Trichosporon; Trichosporon - isolation & purification; Trichosporon inkin; Vegetation; Human; Mycosis; Cardiovascular disease; Fungi; Infection; Case study; Heart disease; Endocardial disease; Endocarditis; Female; Fungi Imperfecti; Thallophyta; Trichosporon

We report a case of T. inkin endocarditis in a 46-year-old woman who presented with fever, cutaneous signs, and embolic manifestations nearly 4 years after a mitral valve replacement. Only nine cases of trichosporon endocarditis have been described to our knowledge, and this case report is believed...