Resumen

BASTIDAS, ALIRIO R. et al. RESPIRATORY BRONCHIOLITIS AND DESQUAMATIVE INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA ASSOCIATED WITH FUNGEMIA BY TRICHOSPORON ASAHII IN IMMUNOCOMPETENT: A CASE REPORT. rev.fac.med [online]. 2016, vol.24, n.1, pp.89-96. ISSN 0121-5256.  https://doi.org/10.18359/rmed.2336.

Trichosporon asahii is an emerging fungal pathogen reported in the medical literature mainly in immunologically compromised patients. However, this case is unusual because is a young immunocompetent patient who developed fungemia by T. asahii simultaneously with acute respiratory failure, respiratory bronchiolitis and desquamative interstitial pneumonia, who responded satisfactorily to ventilatory support and antifungal therapy.

Palabras clave : Immunocompetence; Fungemia; Trichosporon asahii; Desquamative pneumonia.

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