| A Case of Trichosporon beigelii Pneumonia in a Boy with Normal Immunological Status |
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Hyun Hee Kim1, Hai Lee Chung1, in Bok Hwang1, Cheal Woo Ko2 |
1Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Catholic University of Taegu-Hyosung, Taegu, Korea
2Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Kyungbuk University, Taegu, Korea |
| 정상 면역 기능을 가진 환아에서 발생한 Trichosporon beigelii 폐렴 1례 |
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김현희1, 정혜리1, 황진복1, 고철우2 |
1대구 효성가톨릭대학교 의과대학 소아과학교실
2경북대학교 의과대학 소아과학교실 |
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| Abstract |
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Invasive diseases caused by Trichosporon beigelii are rare, usually fatal, opportunistic infections that occur exclusively in immunocompromised patients. This fungus has been known to produce cutaneous involvement in immunocompetent hosts, and is rarely reported to cause systemic disease in patients with cardiac valve replacement. In this report, we described a case of invasive Trichosporon beigelii pneumonia in a 9-year-old boy who presented with persistent cough and dyspnea for 1 week. He showed no abnormality in immunologic function tests and had no predisposing factors. Trichosporon beigelii was isolated from the bronchoalveolar lavage culture. |
| Key Words:
Trichosporon beigelii, Pneumonia |
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