IDCases (Jan 2024)

Trichosporon asahii co-infection with Pneumocystis jiroveci in a renal transplant patient

  • Tingting Yang,
  • Yajie Fu

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 36
p. e01951

Abstract

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Trichosporon asahii is considered an opportunistic pathogen, capable of causing superficial infections in humans and invasive deep-seated infections in immunocompromised hosts. Pneumocystis jirovecii can cause life-threatening pneumonia in immunosuppressed patients. Both Trichosporon and Pneumocystis jirovecii are highly lethal in immunocompromised individuals. Here we present a case of invasive Trichosporon asahii co-infection with Pneumocystis jiroveci in a renal transplant patient.

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