Disseminated Trichosporon asahii infection in a combined liver-kidney transplant recipient successfully treated with voriconazole.

Introduction: Trichosporon asahii is an emerging cause of systemic fungal infection in an immunocompromised host. Several life threatening disseminated T. asahii infection in single solid organ (liver or kidney) transplant recipients, in neutropenic and hematological malignancy patients have been reported.

Clinical manifestations of nocardiosis: Study of risk factors and outcomes in a tertiary care hospital.

Purpose: The aim of this study is to evaluate the predisposing risk factors, clinical presentations, laboratory parameters, and treatments taken and outcomes in patients of nocardiosis in the span of 5 years in a tertiary care hospital.

Materials And Methods: The patients whose specimens showed like organism in Gram-staining, Kinyoun staining and characteristic colonies in culture were included in the retrospective analysis study. Retrospective analysis of associated risk factors, clinical presentations, and radiological findings was performed.