Disseminated trichosporonosis in a burn patient: Meningitis and cerebral abscess due to Trichosporon asahii

Abstract

A 44-year-old diabetic female presented to a hospital in Jamaica with thermal burns. Trichosporon asahii was isolated from facial wounds, sputum, and a meningeal swab. Dissemination of the fungus was demonstrated in stained histological sections of the meninges and a brain abscess at autopsy. Pure growth of the fungus from patient samples submitted and an environmental isolate obtained from a wash basin in the hospital supported the diagnosis. Copyright © 2011, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.