Invasive Trichosporon cutaneum infection in an infant with wilms' tumor.

Braz J Microbiol

Departamento de Micologia, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco , Recife, PE , Brasil.

Published: January 2008

Fungal infections are increasingly being reported in immuno-compromised patients. In this study we report a case of systemic Trichosporon cutaneum infection in an infant with Wilms' tumor. This is the first time that an invasive infection for T. cutaneum has been reported in a Wilms' tumor patient.

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